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Canadian Cannabis Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the Cheech-and-Chong-already-did-it dept.

sykobabul writes "The CBC is reporting: 'An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation. The Kestrel will be prototyped and tested later in August by Calgary-based Motive Industries Inc., a vehicle development firm focused on advanced materials and technologies, the company announced.' Leave it to us Canadians to come up with all sorts of uses for cannabis."

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  1. a little late: henry ford did that by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Informative

    here's a youtube clip of the original hemp car, in 1941

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgDyEO_8cI

    among other hemp facts:

    ford and diesel intended their cars to run on hemp oil

    jefferson drafted the declaration of independence on hemp paper

    much of the founding fathers grew hemp or processed it

    read more:

    http://naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html

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  2. Hemp IS Cannabis... by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 4, Informative

    FFS, people, when will it be understood that Hemp is much more than just Cannabis?

    Industrial hemp is just a cultivar of C. Sativa that is bred for fiber and oil production.

    There are 3 separate species of Cannabis, and many different cultivars and hybrid varieties.

    ALL hemp is Cannabis. But not all Cannabis is hemp. The varieties grown for drug use are generally pretty poor fiber producers.

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  3. Re:Use more hemp please by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's already been available as a hardwood floor material for years now. I'm not sure you could make decent plywood out of it, since plywood manufacturing requires shaving the stock into sheets.

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  4. Re:ur doin it wrong by Khyber · · Score: 2, Informative

    See, folks, this is what happens when you DON'T smoke pot, you say wholly uneducated nonsense such as this.

    We can make parts of the car out of hemp - plastic body panels can be made from the seeds and plant fibers by converting it into bioplastics.

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  5. Re:Use more hemp please by tsm_sf · · Score: 2, Informative

    It always disappoints me how little hemp is used in industry. It is my understanding that hemp is easy to grow, is a more durable replacement for cotton and can be a more sustainable fibre for paper.

    It is. That's why it's illegal.

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  6. Re:Only one word to describe it by Shark · · Score: 2, Informative

    It makes great plastic too.

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