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Hemp (Cannabis For Industrial / Non-Drug Use)

Hemp still used. Just not as much as it used to be. Better materials are available now.

One of the major uses is blending with other plant fibers in specialty paper and cardboard applications. The long tough fibers make strong boxes that resist punctures and rips. Hemp paper does not take printing very well. Hemp oil is not any better than any other plant oil, and hemp cloth is not better than other cloth. In short, technology has passed it by.

Hemp growing is banned in the U.S., but hemp products are widely available. Not exactly flying off the shelf from consumer demand or being superior to other products.
 
This May 2020 posting on a hemp / CBD company blog claims they're developing the world's first airplane built from help composite materials and powered by hemp-derived fuel.
HEMPEARTH: The World’s First Plane Made From And Powered By HEMP

Hempearth Group is set to build the world’s first plane made from and powered by HEMP. Not only is the plane set to run on HEMPEARTH Hemp Jet A Bio Fuel, but it is set to be built almost entirely from HEMP. Everything from the seats, the wings, the plane walls and even the pillows are set to contain hemp composites which the company has been developing its own over the last couple of years with a Montreal and Australian company. These Hemp aviation composites are un like anything every been done on the planet, and shall revolutionize the way many things are constructed including, aircraft, boats, cars. ...

Canadian cannabis company Hempearth and the leader in HEMP and Marijuana developed the world’s first HEMP plane. Founded in 2012, Hempearth also sells 100% HEMP Surfboards, Paddleboards, Oils, Cannabis, 100% HEMP Board,, Hemp Plastic and a variety of organic products and the company has developed The World’s First HEMP Fiber Body Phone. Florida company, Velocity, Inc. is set to manufacture the plane and a signed manufacturing contract is in place. Hempearth Group is also just finishing up some never been developed HEMP composites in Montreal that is set to replace all fiberglass in aviation and many other industries. ...
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FULL STORY: https://hempearth.ca/2020/05/06/the-worlds-first-plane-made-from-and-powered-by-hemp/
 
A local farmer always used to grow a field of hemp, there was always a huge swathe of it pulled up near the gate by the lane. Liked to imagine the reactions of the people smoking it, either, "This stuff is'nt up to much !", or by the power of suggestion, "Wow, good stuff man".
 
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