Construction Tech: Hemp As Building Material

High on a hill, this looks like many other examples of elegant modern architecture. But this house is built with a special ingredient. (June 27)

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[HappilyDayzed]

This is OLD news. Discussed in the book: The Emperor Wears No Clothes by: Jack Herer. "Isochanvre, a rediscovered French building material made from hemp hurds mixed with lime, actually petrifies into a mineral state and lasts for many centuries. Archeologists have found a bridge in the south of France, from the Merovingian period (500–751 A.D.), built with this process." Can we stop the debate already and start building with Hemp?

[HappilyDayzed]

@HappilyDayzed Notice the description and the narrative? Notice how they use the word 'High'? This kind of reporting makes me sick!

[dfesteelguitar]

@HappilyDayzed We should have been listening to Jack for decades. With mass cultivation the cost of hemp fuels will drop below petrol. That's why oil companies fund DARE and all their b.s. about the "gateway drug". I encourage people to search and sign the industrial hemp petition at change.org. State by state progress is encouraging in the US but we really need end the prohibition nationally.

[maybealover]

hemp crystals power most of our technologies, thanks to these fractal grassroots movements

[CabinfeverParkcity]

THE FIRST VIDEO WHERE NOBODY CAN DISLIKE!!

[malcolmmcgamer]

if that house catches fire all the firefighter that try to put it out will get high and distracted.

[ChristopherJManess]

I support H.R. 1831: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011 because if the United States wants to get out of our recession and save our markets, we must produce economic trends, instead of bleeding out the side to China and India. Hemp was the legally grown choice plant in the early 1600s. We must remember our history and what made this very country in the first place. - Christopher J. Maness

[solath]

@M40A3 I'm not sure where you pulled your information from but let me tell you how to find the truth. There's a wonderful website called Wikipedia. Go there and search for hemp. You should find a section on "Countries that produce hemp". You have managed to confuse industrial hemp with cannabis. "Marijuana" is still illegal in almost every country thanks to the US and their treaty practices. I'll refrain from the name calling for now, though I think I'd be justified.

[likeOMGitsUNLTD]

NO not just "for South Africans"! EVERYONE! We should be using hemp and all of its 20,000+ uses instead of cutting down trees that take decades to grow! Isn't that clear as day at this point?

-It takes months for a cannabis plant to reach maturity

-It takes decades for a tree to reach full maturity

-An acre of hemp produces 4 to 10 times as much paper than an acre of trees.

-40% of the trees we cut down go to paper.

From these facts alone, which one seems like the most practical option?

[M40A3]

@solath so instead of just making something up, maybe you know look up some information first? usually helps your argument you know...

but hey your probably gonna fire something back like "faggot" or "lolfagsaucepwn" or whatever fucking language idiots on the internet are using

Im tired of reading shit that came out of the brain of someone who just removed their lips from their grandfathers cock so save it

[M40A3]

@solath Wow pull your balls out of your asshole heres a list of other countries that outlaw the cultivation of hemp: almost all of them heres a list of countries that allow the possession(or atleast dont enforce it) but still outlaw the cultivation: Estonia Finland Germany Honduras China(punishable by death) Hong Kong(different legal system if found with paraphernalia minimum sentence three years in jail) India(loosely enforced) Ireland Israel Italy It goes on and on

[spartanboosts]

Well, I've never smoked a house before. . . guess there is a first time for everything. ;]