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Hemp, Fuel, and the Environment

by Kristoffer James on October 29, 2008

Just last week, we posted about an article in the University of Maryland’s student newspaper, The Retriever Weekly about hemp in American history. Well, it seems that the editor at that student paper have are sympathetic toward the cannabis plant, and have just run another piece. This one looks at the environmental potential of hemp [...]

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Hemp as Biofuel

by Kristoffer James on October 2, 2008

With the environment in decline and gas prices on the rise, biofuels are receiving quite a bit of consideration as an alternative energy source. The most popular sources of biofuels, however, are food crops, and given rising food prices, that poses a whole other set of problems. But cultivating hemp as a source of biofuel [...]

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