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- From: pwh@bradley.bradley.edu (Pete Hartman)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: HEMP PAPER! ORDER NOW! HERE'S HOW!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.011957.14452@bradley.bradley.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 01:19:57 GMT
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- In <1992Nov21.053537.1520@leela.cs.orst.edu> mcbeeb@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Brian Mcbee) writes:
- >I just noticed something in the latest Consumer Reports: "Trees used for paper
- >are usually grown on tree farms for that purpose and are harvested at
- >sustainable rates. Virtually no paper comes from the logging of ancient,
- >irreplacable forests."
- >
- >Now I know Consumer Reports isn't really a primary source on this, but I
- >tend to trust them. Comments anyone?
-
- I would agree with you actually.
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- However, I would presume that hemp would grow fast enough and produce
- enough biomass that it would be more than competetive with these tree
- farms.
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- Pete Hartman Bradley University pwh@bradley.bradley.edu
- A person's acts in life are like meals, his thoughts and feelings like spices.
- Whoever puts salt on cherries or pours vinegar on sweets will fare poorly....
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