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patented nylon. The cotton industry is also a competitor of hemp. Not only does

cotton produce a shorter, weaker fiber, but it also consume half of the world?s

annual supply of pesticides, and depletes the soil. Hemp products are stronger than

cotton and they last longer.

?The oldest paper in existence is a 100 percent hemp Chinese text dated to

770 AD.? Hemp paper is stronger, lasts longer, and can be recycled more often

wood pulp paper. Hemp has a cellulose level three times larger than wood, and

yields four times more pulp per acre than trees. Hemp is also friendlier to the

environment than the process used to produce wood pulp. A hemp crop is ready to

be harvested 120 days after planting, while trees take hundreds or thousands of

years to mature. Hemp paper manufacturing will reduce the level of the chemical

by-products that are produced by wood paper manufacturing. This reduction of

chemicals will do wonders for the environment.

Hemp can be the perfect answer to most of our ecological problems. Hemp

will reduce deforestation by producing more fiber more often than trees.

Environmentalists and farmers have a full spectrum of reasons to value and

appreciate the hemp plant. It absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees per

acre, and doesn?t require heavy fertilizers or pesticides. It grows tightly spaced, out

competing any weeds, so herbicides are also not necessary. Hemp stabilizes,

enriches, and replenishes the soil with its root structure and fallen leaves after

harvest. They can not only grow in depleted soil, but hemp will leave it more

enriched than when it was planted. Eco-friendly hemp can replace most toxic

petro-chemical products.

Ethanol is the cleanest burning liquid to gasoline. The high level of cellulose

in hemp make it great in the production of ethanol fuel. The use of gasoline in the

United Sates is very high. The use of it however is dangerous to the environment

and costly. Gasoline prices are very high and will keep rising as the world?s oil is

used up. The much more abundant hemp seed however could produce a fuel that is

cheaper and much safer for the environment. As the highways and byways get