Yeah, to show you how gullible people are, there is a guy
on shortwave radio selling hemp powder, oil and seeds
as Health Food. Solves everything from fallen arches to
Beri Beri. Apparently the people are buying it, as his
ads are getting larger, more wistful, and more numerous.
Brother.....
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:51:32 +0000, Tim Jackson
>gaby de wilde wrote:
>> Hemp can be grown absolutely anywhere, it provides lots of energy,
>> revitalizes the soil and the atmosphere.
> > ... in a cycle where we burn it in
>> stead of coal it makes more oxygen than it consumes. It boils down to
>> self growing solar emitting surplus oxygen.
>>
>Huh?
>Where does it put the carbon then?
>Plant absorbs CO2, splits it by photosynthesis, emits (some of) the O2
>and uses the C to build organic matter. That's fine. But then you burn
>the organic matter, you convert all the C in it back to CO2 using O2
>from the air. So where did your excess O2 come from?
>I suspect the cycle works like this, you grow a trial quantity of hemp,
>you burn it in small paper tubes, providing a forced draught with your
>breath, and then you think you might have saved the planet, if you can
>just remember where you put it.
>Tim Jackson
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>> Hemp can be grown absolutely anywhere, it provides lots of energy,
>> revitalizes the soil and the atmosphere.
> > ... in a cycle where we burn it in
>> stead of coal it makes more oxygen than it consumes. It boils down to
>> self growing solar emitting surplus oxygen.
>>
>Huh?
>Where does it put the carbon then?
>Plant absorbs CO2, splits it by photosynthesis, emits (some of) the O2
>and uses the C to build organic matter. That's fine. But then you burn
>the organic matter, you convert all the C in it back to CO2 using O2
>from the air. So where did your excess O2 come from?
>I suspect the cycle works like this, you grow a trial quantity of hemp,
>you burn it in small paper tubes, providing a forced draught with your
>breath, and then you think you might have saved the planet, if you can
>just remember where you put it.
>Tim Jackson