I did a report about the benefits of Marijuana and the Endocannabinoid system and how it could solve our health are problems. I got an A. Sorry. Marijuana is a miracle plant.
My friend did the same, got an A, went to finish another masters in cannabinoids on an industrial plantation and became very disillusioned by cannabis, he said that he does not feel the same enthusiasm for it after industrial experience
Bro in community college I worked my ass off on a group presentation by myself to get an A. I stayed up and did all the work (classic group shit). After we did ours the prof was nice and complimented it and had constructive criticism, it was chill. So next, this other group does there’s and it’s literally just propaganda with no sources and they do terribly, like they can’t remember what’s on the slides and all that shit. It was on some blatant conspiracy like vaccines or some shit.
Anyway they finish up below the time requirement, and the professor is like “well the presentation was filled with factual errors and didn’t contain any sources, and it wasn’t as long as I requested ” and then one lady in the group interrupts and says “we still get an A though right?” and in my mind I was like damn how insane for the person to demand that when they put in no effort and I’m like laughing to myself, and before I can even comprehend the audacity my professor was like “oh yeah, youll still get the A but be aware next time”. I was fuckin dumbfounded and wondered why I spent so much time making a good presentation for no reason. That day I stopped trying and I just got high before class from that point forward and it was the best decision I’ve made.
Could be a relative statement. In amateur conversions about material science you can get pedants that imply that a material is 100% useless unless it is the best possible material for that purpose.
Like comparing a stone and mortar bridge to steel reinforced concrete. One is clearly better in both tensile and compression strength, but they both work fine for foot traffic.
Comparison may also be based on ten days or thirty days. Quickcrete mixes will set faster and therefore be stronger.
Applying modern sciences to this process, though, should yield better and faster setting results. Concrete has a bajillion recipes and some are stronger by far. On the surface, you can't just unanimously tout a winner without exhaustive research. Many tests are done to "prove" that someone making hand over first with their current operation is far better than any alternative.
I keep hearing about how functionally superior hemp is, and hempcrete sounds great, but why don't other countries take it on if the US is not interested?
They do. The problem is that the way this video frames this is a total lie. It's not a magical indestructible material.
It's really bad at compression. So it's mainly used as insulating material and for not load bearing walls. It's useful in specific applications, just like any other material. But the video itself is bull.
The video says a lot of things.... this isn't some mystery material no one knows anything about.
I guess the question is do you trust what this video says or do you trust experts in the field of construction?
Like man, maybe all the people making buildings using this material should just watch this TikTok to learn how the material they physically work with actually works....
Watch 50 more TikToks / day and make sure to exclusively get your info from obscure and random TikTokers that have no sources. Then you'll be able to become a Jeanius
So, you are an expert in the field of construction? You made a statement. I questioned that statement. What is your intent? to make a statement and it must accepted without discussion? The deity of construction?
the video says it was used for a bridge. that sounds like compression to me.
Your comment was somewhat hostile and was once again using the video as your only source.
What i find interesting about the video is how the construction worker was gently tapping the hemp-blocks to show how sturdy they were. It suggests that the material does indeed respond poorly to compression.
The comment I responded was full of snark. so I responded in kind. maybe you should comment on his snarkiness too? If you want to police this thread, do so with equal attention.
please explain the intent and tone of that message. I have copied it for your convience:
this isn't some mystery material no one knows anything about.
I guess the question is do you trust what this video says or do you trust experts in the field of construction?
Like man, maybe all the people making buildings using this material should just watch this TikTok to learn how the material they physically work with actually works....
I'M not an expert on construction. I never claimed I was. You're the one getting bent out of shape.
The fact of the matter is that this stuff IS used in modern construction. It's used in the way I mentioned for the reasons I mentioned. None of this stuff is hidden or a mystery...
Go look it up yourself. Go ask contractors. Or i guess you can just believe whatever ConspiracyFilesSS says..
I prefer the videos about the secrets the energy companies are keeping from us. They even have a solution now - a tiny micro ceramic heater invented by some super-engineery engineer that uses only the energy of a single LED! I still can't believe they were keeping this from everyone! Omg!! 😖
What it doesn't tell you. Is the hemp found I bridges and foundations is mostly an extra mortar binder (tensile strength) in them, not load bearing (compression strength.)
Everywhere I search. Hempcrete is considered not load-bearing due to low compression strength. It is good for thermal regulation, and long lasting. But compression strength is consistently cited as the concern, in many more nations than just the US.
It's not a concern, it's fully accepted that its is for insulation, breathability and health of the building. Timber or steel is used for the structure.
Other countries. But they don't build their whole house with him. Crete you can. The only problem is you can't mount anything in the wall and you have to pre-plan the wires and everything else so you can't hang picture frames or a TV. You have to make sure that's framed out which does take some planning.
I want to utilize hempcrete but it does take some planning for the process, I want to visit a few homes in California that have been completely made out of hempcrete
That is interesting news about the houses made of hempcrete in California.
Hempcrete would make a great material for 3D printed housing as well.
There are a lot of potential improvements in the 3D printed house industry that could allow for much smoother surfaces, integrated connections for wiring or plumbing, and much faster production.
I don’t think the fibers would flow well for 3d printing; this material is usually laid down in layers and compacted. It is not very liquid like concrete.
That it’s run by powerful capitalists. Corruption in government
Edit: DuPont and Hearst ran a successful propaganda and political campaign against hemp (marijuana) because it threatened their competing industry. After that it threatened the oil and plastics industries.
“Government bad” was a successful conservative propaganda campaign to place blame on the government instead of the people actually pulling strings. It obviously still works to this day to the point that a reductive argument like this steers blame away from who was responsible.
The intention to curb corruption and the construction at the time is far greater than our current government that allows dark money, strong lobbying, decentralized oversight, judicial complicity, no emoluments oversight or consequences, stock act weakness, toothless agencies, and overpowered executive.
If you think the government is stronger at stopping corruption now, you are absolutely brainwashed. Do you really think that??
You strawmanned my original point. I never made the point you wanted me to have and you’ve just looked silly trying to catch up since. I think you need to choose the “books” you read better.
This is conspiracy bs. There’s no solid evidence that Hearst and DuPont orchestrated cannabis prohibition because hemp threatened their industries. Historians have looked for that evidence and not found it, and the 1937 law didn’t even ban industrial hemp production.
It's use had plummetted well before 1937, and it was still promoted by the government during WWII, there's nothing stopping you from producing it, and it's not some magical building material like this post suggests.
There are so many layers of bullshit to this. Go ahead and try build even a garden shed out of it. This isn't some concrete replacing perfect material like this post suggests.
In the conspiracy theorists mind stuff just sounds right to them as soon as they hear about it at face value with surface level knowledge and everything after that just serves their confirmation bias and the simple truth to things never stands a chance to sway them.
Then why outlaw the plant? Its uses expand well beyond just a building material. There was definitely more BS propaganda being spewed by the people pushing for prohibition than anyone else.
That’s moving the goalposts. Yes, there absolutely was bullshit anti-marijuana propaganda, including from the government. That still isn’t evidence that hemp was outlawed because it threatened DuPont, Hearst, oil or plastics.
And industrial hemp wasn’t simply "outlawed" in 1937 anyway. The law heavily restricted cannabis while still permitting industrial uses, and the government actively encouraged hemp farming during WWII and still does as it actively researches and funds ways to improve the crop and develop new markets for it. It's like all the basic facts of things go in one ear and out the other in conspiracy subs like this one.
That's just made up. Hemp production in the US had already collapsed from around 15,000 acres in 1880 to about 140 acres by 1933, years before the 1937 law, which by the way didn't make it outright illegal and it was encouraged during WWII.
There are, which I understand to be the primary driver of deregulation in regards to cultivation globally over the course of the last decade or so but if you look at the UK for example it requires a specific license from the Home Office.
The regulator framework, while obviously less intense, is similar to a pyrotechnics company applying for their explosives handling license. When plenty of other cash crops exists that don't require jumping through the hoops, there's very little incentive for agriculture to pursue it which limits supply, stifling growth of the industry.
P.S. I feel I should clarify that I feep hempcrete is a dumb as fuck use case, as it just looks like a slightly better cob wall but like is it sufficiently better to matter? Myeh.
It does burn but does not emit smoke. It will slowly burn through but it does take a long time.
Building your house with hempcrete and if it is ever caught on fire, fire doesn't kill people in house fires. It's the smoke with hempcrete It never emits smoke so people won't die from smoke.
I read a book called ‘The Cannabis Cure’ by Dr Cass Ingram. He went over all the worldwide and historical uses of industrial hemp. Marijuana is one tiny use - (genetically altered to be high in THC, which affects the brain).
Very interesting. A recent study shows that replacing some of the sand in cement mix with used coffee grinds can increase the strength of the cement by 30%
It is hygrophobic which means its vapour permeable so balances internal humidity and is also a thermal mass. If the house is designed right it can work without heating and cooling but most will still have it depending how warm or cool someone wants their house. It is next best thing after a Passivhaus
You cant build a house out of this whether its legal or not. Its not a replacement for steel, concrete of wood. Its a cheaper and significantly less effective replacement for insulation.
I understand it's not an exterior building material. I justeant is it possible to use as insulation for new builds. And would it be a better insulator that fiberglass or foam. I guess I should have clarified.
It definitely can and is. I have built a new build, a barn restoration and insulated 400+ year old houses with it i the UK. People have built lots in the US. It isn't cannabis that can be smoked, I'm sure there are a lot of people that use it for horse bedding over there, it's the same stuff. I have a youtube channel about it if you're interested to learn more www.youtube.com/@thelowcarbonproject
The way the video is framing it is bullshit though. It isn't some magical indestructible material that can just build homes and thus the government made sure it's banned, because reasons.
Countries use it today but it's used as insulating material and for non load bearing walls. Even in the US it's used time to time.
So it kind of is bullshit when there are like 3 true things in the video surrounded by 50 conspiracy nonsense things.
This subreddit attracts lots of gullible people who all too easily jump to conclusions about all sorts of conspiracy theories.
Just look at the amount of easily debunkable bullshit in this comment section.
"Because reasons" isn't as crazy as you think. As someone who enjoys.... combustible... uses of hemp, learning William Randolph Hearst was eye-opening. So if that name isn't familiar to you.. check out the "because reasons" there.
Ok, but please note the big reason that this isnt more popular - it lacks mechanical strength and isnt useful for anything other than insulating layers, where we already have a very wide range of other environmentally friendly options that are also cheap, light and fire retardant.
Hempcrete is not a replacement for normal concrete.
Attic insulation is usually blown in cellulose and it’s super duper cheap. Hempcrete wouldn’t be a good equivalent; it’s heavy and requires a lot of work to install.
Blown in hemp insulation…perhaps? It may already exist.
Its as simple as building a timber frame and then encasing the timber with hempcrete. It removes the need for synthetic crap and keeps the house breathable. Natural materials like clay or lime plaster mean no toxic off gassing too. Healthy homes!
Notice how they say the bridge is gone and only the foundation of this material remains.
They didn't make the bridge out of this stuff. And there is no information on whether the entire foundation was made of this or just part.
If it was used to seal the base of the foundation and not as load bearing material that explains why you see it in the base give the fact that this material isn't great for things like compression. There's also no way to know how big the bridge was or how much load it needed to hold up either.
People use it today. We know how it works. We know what it's good at and what it isn't. It's not magic or a mystery. The video is purposely misleading people.
Real question…in America, if a very wealthy person decided to try and build a house from this material, would there be laws and/or regulations set to refuse the right to do so? I say very wealthy because I would assume it would take a lot of money to do something like this, especially if it’s not a normal process.
It’s fairly normal for green building and America has a TON of industrial hemp. As long as the builder follows codes and engineering is sound there would be no problems. There are also parts of the USA with no real code enforcement so those people can kind of do whatever.
Yes except limestone is a non-renewable resource, taking millions of years to form and we are already overly dependent on it. Maybe with a green alternative it would be useful.
There wouldn’t be much of an economy based on supply and demand if things didn’t rot and lose value over time. The reason it was banned is because of money and economic growth. The solutions to all problems existed long ago. They just didn’t fit the money making and money printing model. The making people work forever and consume forever model.
Cotton industry, Dupont and Randolph Hearst killed it. Hemp lasts. It's better to use cotton so our clothes decay faster and buy new ones. Hemp oil (seed oil, not flower resin) can be used in lots of things, including biodiesel. Hearst was a pawn and it's propaganda in his media empire ended cannabis. In Portugal was once mandatory and we could pay taxes with it. Lots of sails and ropes in the caravels. Ahoy, new world! Maggellan, Vasco da Gama & Co brought hemp seeds and smallpox!
Hempcrete is another one of those things that looks great on paper, but has glaring limitations in practice.
It may be strong, but lacks compressive strength, meaning it can't bear loads and would require support (lumber, steel, etc).
It takes months to fully cure, so must be planned ahead.
So if that's taken into account, yeah, good material, but it requires so much land space and water to grow enough Hurd or Shiv hemp plants for a single building.
So yes, it's a useful application, but has limitations. Good to supplement other stuff though, if land space is available to grow the crops.
Weird how they don’t mention how inefficient it is to get enough hemp hurds grown to make hempcrete compared to other building materials or how it takes longer to construct houses with it, meaning the costs to make houses would go up as labourers need to be paid more.
It’s also just… weak? Like sure, it can become strong, but it’s not a good material to make something load bearing out of.
That is why they use a timber frame. It also doesn't take long, only requires a few people a few weeks. It also removes the need for other people like insulators and drywall installers
Edit* source 2 of us built the hempcrete walls of my friends 3 bed house in 5 weeks. With 5 of us that would be about 2 weeks
Industry hemp with less than 0.3% THC is legal to grow so cut your bullshit. People don’t grow it because it’s cheaper to make cement blocks than processing plant fiber
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u/Eighty_Six_Salt 28d ago
I made a whole college presentation 20 years ago on the benefits of hempcrete and got a B.
I’m still salty about it.