Hemp !

[pahoated]

This is kind of an interesting development. It looks like a really bad example of hempcrete. They are using way too much hemp in the mixture and being that close to the ocean, is going to absorb salt water like crazy. To top it off, they say the construction is 15% more expensive than using plain concrete. The big hemp push is coming out of Maui, certain people there are obsessed with it. The interesting aspect is that it is totally legal to import hemp, just illegal to grow it. There is hemp twine at Home Depot and Safeway has packaged salads with hemp seeds. So, the issue isn't whether it can be used or not, that it somehow needs to be another crop for Hawaii. The thinking that is going on is very similar to the idea that sugar cane would be a good large scale crop for Hawaii.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwug7kLVKI

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