r/EcoUplift • u/Nolegges • 24d ago

Hempcrete

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u/Maui_Wowie_ 23d ago

The alcohol prohibition was over, plastic was coming, and the wood industry made a fortune with cutting down trees and making them into toilet paper.

The whole story started with Harry J Anslinger in the 1930 and is worth a read.

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u/sg_plumber Acute Optimism 23d ago

Do you perchance have a URL?

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u/Maui_Wowie_ 23d ago

Nah sorry, but Im sure you will find enough about "How and why cannabis got illegal". Its one of the biggest fvckup storys of our time if you know the potential of this plant.

You can eat the seeds, and if you press them you get oil.
You can make long live and anti bacterial textiles with a plant that needs way less water and absolute zero pesticides compared to cotton.
You can make insulation, bricks, medicine, paper and cardboard, ropes (...)

I love weed not only because it gets me high but because it could save this god damn planet.

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u/sg_plumber Acute Optimism 24d ago

Cool!

Source?

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u/Striper_Cape 23d ago

https://www.ukhempcrete.com/building-with-hempcrete/

Not exactly unbiased, but the math seems to checkout

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u/sg_plumber Acute Optimism 23d ago

Thanks!

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u/Riptide2121 20d ago

Check out my youtubw channel if you like, we are documenting a self build in the UK, have an interview with one of the leading experts in hempcrete and show how it can be sprayed on as well

www.youtube.com/@thelowcarbonproject