Kyoto HempForum
Please share some good examples of Hemp: A Lifeline To The Future of Biofuel. Please cite any and all references and research links. Please observe any local and international copyright laws Some of the best examples may be shared live during the First International Hemp Environmental Forum being held in Kyoto, Japan on July 2, 2016 at the Kyoto International Conference Center. Links shared may not reflect the views of anyone or everyone.
jnayer
Hemp will produce cleaner air and reduce greenhouse gases. When biomass fuel burns, it produces CO2 (the major cause of the greenhouse effect), the same as fossil fuel; but during the growth cycle of the plant, photosynthesis removes as much CO2 from the air as burning the biomass adds, so hemp actually cleans the atmosphere. After the first cycle there is no further loading to the atmosphere. At this time the U.S. has not signed an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000. Maybe the Bush administration [now Clinton] [now Bush] hasn’t heard about hemp, maybe you should write him a short note before he leaves, mention time is important. When biomass (hemp) is used for other more permanent applications, say a library book that will last 1500 years, and then can be recycled seven times, or building materials in a home (I never thought what it might do to the price of a home), potential greenhouse carbon is tied up and does not go back into the atmosphere.
Amazingly, with hemp, the fossil fuels burned and polluting our atmosphere are available once again as a resource, until a favorable co2 level is reached.
Hemp burns and therefore produces energy
As a direct fuel hemp is used in the stoves of China for the hot fast fires of wok cooking. A bundle of hemp stalks leans next to this Chinese kitchen (shown left).
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jnayer
Hemp - The Biofuel to Replace Petroleum by Richard Sharp, July 22, 2011 - full article posted here
http://www.thehempnews.com/hemp-the-biofuel-to-replace-petroleum/
Hemp has more biomass/cellulose potential than its nearest rivals: cornstalks, sugarcane, kenaf, trees, etc. Over 10% of today’s gasoline is made from corn and it is by far the crop that hemp will have to displace as the Unted States’ biggest biomass crop. This corn ethanol is currently being used as a fuel additive, replacing toxic methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).
The bottom line is that hemp is better in performance, it’s environmentally sustainable, and most importantly, it’s cheaper. A 1998 study from the University of Kentucky, Economic Impact of Industrial Hemp in Kentucky, stated, Even without the glands of the flowers, that hemp is more profitable than most crops farmers can grow."