514_400x400_NoPeel.jpg?region=name:FrontCenter,id:11911304,w:16The following was written by Wes Annac for the ongoing “planetary healing” section of The Aquarius Paradigm Weekly Newsletter.

In my opinion, a big aspect of healing the planet is addressing the pollution our collective has allowed to run rampant with little thought or concern about it.

Our planet is being polluted every day in so many different ways, and while I can’t offer a concrete solution to solve the biggest pollution problems facing us, I can point out some of the things we can do in the Now to start creating a sustainable future.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that our current ways of sustaining ourselves hurt our planet, and as it turns out, we can embrace something that was once widely used and that provides stunning benefits for our society, but that’s been demonized and cast from most people’s perceptions.

We can utilize a quick-growing natural resource that was used for centuries without question until the late 1800s and early 1900s. Amidst researching this natural resource, I learned that various man-made problems that seem to have no solution or way out are easily solvable if we can see beyond our initial perceptions of it and see it for what it is.

As you may have guessed, I’m talking about the hemp plant.

I’m not talking about marijuana, which it’s commonly associated with, but the hemp plant itself and the various industrial uses it can provide for our society. Paper; plastic; food; the ability to fight deforestation in an incredibly sustainable way that can see us prosper; the hemp plant provides all of this and more for us.

For those who may not want to explore the subject of hemp because of marijuana, which has itself come to be known for some extraordinary medicinal benefits, be assured that this discussion is intended to delve into the uses hemp, a plant I think is underrated in our society, provides us instead of the marijuana subject.

Hemp-Guide.com is a great source to study up on hemp and the benefits it provides. To drive home the point I made above, I’ll post a snippet from that site about the difference between cannabis (marijuana) and hemp.

“[Cannabis and hemp] are related through the same genus of plant. While industrial-grade hemp is a rather helpful resource in the world, it lacks the stimulating power of the substance known as delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or for short, THC. It is this active chemical of THC that brings about the ‘high’ associated with marijuana.

Hemp contains 1.5% of this substance, while marijuana possesses between 4 % and 20%. In Canada, the legal amount of THC used to create products cannot exceed 0.3%. Overall, the plants are rather close in details, but supply very different functions for many dissimilar reasons, which especially shows through in the physical makeup of the two plants.

Hemp is much stronger than the marijuana variety, meaning it holds the possibility to create a wealth of raw materials. Marijuana is actually quite delicate, eliminating it as a contender regarding serving a purpose to benefit mankind in a manner acceptable by law (with the exception of medicinal uses).

Farming practices also dictate the amount of THC produced by the plant.”(1)

So we see that industrial grade hemp, and really hemp in general, doesn’t contain the psychoactive substance cannabis is known for. It may contain it in incredibly small doses, and even those doses can be regulated by the person growing it. I’d imagine that if you wanted to, you could grow hemp with no THC in it whatsoever.

 

The two are related ‘through the same genus of plant’ as the referenced source said above, but other than the fact that uses for both of them that were unheard of three decades ago are coming to light today (industrial for hemp and medicinal for cannabis) they share very little in common.

Understanding this, we can now delve into what the hemp plant as an independent contender can do for our planet. Before getting into a discussion of each of them, I’m going to name just a few of the things hemp can be made into that’ll vastly improve the manner in which we keep ourselves sustained as a species.

Hemp can be:

Used as a biofuel source

Made into paper to drastically reduce deforestation

Made into plastic that’s healthier for the planet

A great source of strong, durable and long-lasting fibers

A source of healthy seeds, rich in important nutrients

First, we’re going to explore how hemp can play a role in developing a biofuel that’s more efficient than what we get from corn and obviously better for the planet than using natural resources. In doing so, we should probably understand what biofuel is in comparison to fuel made from natural resources.

Hemp-Guide, which will be our main resource throughout this report, tells us about biofuel.

“With the sustained high price of oil and the resurgence of ecological [awareness] a ‘trendy’ aspect of society, a lot of research has gone into current alternative fuel source.

An alternative fuel such as biofuel comes from biological sources; the most commonly used example of a biofuel is E85 gasoline, which is a mixture of gasoline cut with 85% methyl alcohol.

The other broad [category] of biofuel is biodiesel, which is shown as a blend of biodiesel and regular diesel fuel, generally with a B prefix. B20 is 20% biodiesel and 80% petro-diesel. B100 is completely biological.” (2)

We’re then told about biofuel’s carbon footprint, which is less than that of fossil fuels.

“The appeal of a biofuel is that it supports agricultural sectors and is carbon neutral. While burning a biofuel still releases carbon into the atmosphere, the biomass used to process the fuel recycles the carbon through photosynthesis.

However, fossil fuels add to the carbon cycle because they have been sequestered by geological processes for thousands of years. Biofuels also naturally produce lower emissions, barely contain any sulfur and burns far less carbon monoxide during the burning process.

Another key concept of biofuels is that it offers a double solution – by making fuel out of the inedible parts of agricultural products, you can take a lot of material that would’ve otherwise ended up burned or turned into low value silage, and render it down into oils that can be used to run machinery.” (2)

So where does hemp fit into producing biofuel? I recognize that we’re getting into some complex territory here, but to understand this we’ll have to understand biomass, the key biofuel ingredient. Hemp-Guide explains.

“In order to reduce plant matter, we must first look at biomass which is the key ingredient in any biofuel. Biomass is the part of the plant that can be reduced into a biofuel format. The 4 criterion for judging biomass as a fuel source are rate of growth, environment it grows in, labor needed to make it grow, and ease of processing into fuel.

The ideal biomass for making biofuel would be a fast growing plant that doesn’t require as much cultivation as a food crop and which is readily ‘cooked’ down into a liquid fuel.

The main drawback of corn-driven alcohol is that every bushel of corn turned into fuel is a bushel of corn that isn’t used to feed someone somewhere, so it’s competing directly with food crops.” (2)

So we see that corn isn’t the best resource to produce biofuel, and as we’ll see below, switchgrass, rapeseed and sugar cane aren’t much better. This is where hemp “saves the day” as it’s easily the best contender.

“Switchgrass and rapeseed are two candidates that are gaining a lot of publicity now because they grow on land that’s otherwise used for cattle grazing; however, the volume of the plant that needs to be harvested per gallon of fuel means that it’s economically less viable than planting corn for alcohol.

Sugar cane is one of the best sources for an alcohol fuel source, but requires an equatorial climate to thrive and many crops are doused with harmful chemicals.

The ideal biomass as a fuel source is hemp – originally grown as a fiber for rope, hemp will grow in places where you can’t grow food, it grows quickly, and it grows in high density plots, making it easy to harvest. It also absorbs 5 times more carbon per acre compared to forests.” (2)

In exploring hemp as a potential helpful biofuel source, we see that utilizing it instead of natural resources can help us significantly reduce our carbon footprint. We also see that it grows in various conditions and climates most others can’t, and the best part is that it grows quickly enough to be a sustainable natural resource, which we’ll get into a bit later on.

Footnotes:

(1)- Hemp-Guide: “Difference between Cannabis and Hemp” at:

http://www.hemp-guide.com/difference-between-cannabis-and-hemp.html

(2)- Hemp-Guide: “Current Alternative Fuel Sources” at:

http://www.hemp-guide.com/current-alternative-fuel.html

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Continued in part 2 next week.

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  • But we still get back at the population issue there. We can't afford to use the hemp for both food and petroleum-products at our current population level. We will have to choose one of those since the number of people that we are today, with the demand of both petroleum and food products, there aren't enough room to grow all that. We need another planet for that. A farm-planet.

    Either that, or we will have to seriously scale back our consumption. Forget using the car other for than extreme emergencies for instance and we may be able to use some of the oil from the seeds for petroleum products. Don't expect them to be cheap though. Using hemp-oil for petroleum industry means that 30% will be taken from the food-part of the crop.

    We have a lot of practical problems to work out before hemp alone is fit to save this planet. :)

    I do urge everyone to grow it though. The more people there are that produce it, the more likely it is that I will be able to get hulled hempseeds for breakfast at a price that will not choke me, again. Right now the prices are completely outrageous, so we will be needing to scale up the current world production by at least 1000%. If you take care of that, I can take care of the lobbying that will be needed. :)

    • There is plenty of food...and lots of places to grow more food and hemp.  I buy hemp seeds for the birdies...they are sold at the supermarket here for $2 for 1/2 kg.

      There is lots of food in this world..

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      • 90% of the food available today is produced with the help of chemicals, oil and rather dirty farming. When the oil goes, so will 90% of the food producing capacity. Using nothing but organically grown crops, we can feed about 500 million people and that's it.

        Back to square one. :)

        • When we farm using all these chemicals it changes the structure of the soil and makes it harder so it does not absorb water as well, so farming with chemicals uses much more water as well as polluting our bodies, minds, air and water.  It also makes the soil and water more acid.

          I have watched several vids about places that are changing from chemical farming and going back to bio-farming.  The result is that the soil becomes soft again and the crops do not need so much water.  Another interesting thing happened in that the rain filtered down into the earth more instead of running off and the wells, springs and rivers had water in them again.   One thing all the farmers noticed was that it was cheaper to farm organically and they got larger crops.  Yes...they got bigger crops and more food growing organically for the chemicals ruin the soil and after a few years of farming with chemicals the crop yield is not that good.

          As for trucks and farm equipment....you can run any diesel engine on any kind of oil.  Many people here use sunflower oil to run their trucks...one company runs all their trucks on the old oil from fast food restaurants, all they do is filter the oil.

  • Where is your heart, man? You appear to many times be as rude as you can with your comments. Why do you think it's ok to speak to people so rudely?...Has someone else put you up to this?...What gives?
    Bless...
  • Drugs have nothing to do with deception.  Deception is a component of those involved in war and politics that underlay war.

    "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it."  - Adolph Hitler 

  • Yeah, don't bother me with the facts or the photos. My mind is already made up.

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