Car Panels Made from Hemp.....

[Ichingcarpenter]

British car-maker Lotus has unveiled an environmentally-friendly concept car, which is partly made of marijuana, at the British International Motor Show. The Lotus Eco-Elise (pictured above) sports body panels manufactured entirely from hemp (they’re the brown bits on the roof and bonnet).

http://gas2.org/2008/07/30/grow-your-own-the-solar-powered-lotus-made-from-hemp/

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1. Marijuana does NOT equal hemp.

It amazes me there are still people out there floating this meme. If you tried to get high from smoking hemp, you wouldn't be very happy.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. Ummmmmm, Did Someone Here Say It Did?

:shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

6. the article in the op does.

British car-maker Lotus has unveiled an environmentally-friendly concept car, which is partly made of marijuana, at the British International Motor Show. The Lotus Eco-Elise (pictured above) sports body panels manufactured entirely from hemp (they’re the brown bits on the roof and bonnet).

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11. Ummmm, Hemp IS Marijuana. It's All Part Of The Same Marijuana Plant.

Now 'marijuana' has different contexts, as in the flowered part that we smoke. But it also refers to the plant itself, which hemp would be included in. There is NOTHING in that statement of the picture that would give the impression that smoking hemp would get you high. My god some of you can be so friggin petty.

[dysfunctional press]

12. correction: all marijuana is hemp...but not all hemp is marijuana.

that's the difference.

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17. But the marijuana portion of that Venn diagram could never be used in textiles.

You'd have very poor luck trying to use any portion of the marijuana plant to make textiles.

[dysfunctional press]

24. you're preaching to the choir.

i know the difference between industrial hemp and it's derivatives and good smoking herb.
i never meant to imply that marijuana(which is hemp) would be used to manufacture body panels, if that's how you took it.

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15. I may be petty, but you are very WRONG.

Hemp and marijuana are NOT the same thing. I could go into a long diatribe about how incredibly wrong you are. But the link at the bottom of this post should suffice. That car is not made out of marijuana, it's made out of HEMP. If it were made out of marijuana it would have no structural integrity whatsoever. Also, no one suggested that the picture suggested that smoking hemp would get you high (although smoking marijuana would get you high, understand?). It's clear you know nothing of which you speak.

http://www.houseparent.net/information/Hemp.htm

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16. And to clarify, the car isn't made with the stalks of the marijuana plant either.

The stalks of a marijuana plant are spindly and non-resilient. The stalks of industrial hemp are hearty and very resilient. Marijuana stalks would suck as a basis for textiles. Industrial hemp was bred specifically for that basis. There is NO marijuana in that car.

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18. You're Wrong. They're Both Cannibas Sativa. They're The Same Plant, Though Bred Differently.

They are both technically marijuana plants. Hemp IS marijuana, though not the part of the plant you smoke to get high.

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19. Once again, you're wrong.

They're not technically marijuana plants. They're both varieties of cannabis sativa, but completely different. Hemp has been bred for use as a textile and as such rarely has more than 1% of THC. Hemp stalks are very robust and grow in even harsher conditions than marijuana. Marijuana is bred for THC content and would suck as a textile. Try to get high from hemp? FAIL. Try to make clothing from marijuana? FAIL. The car in the OP is not made from marijuana. Do you not understand that much? It has nothing to do with the part of the plant you're smoking, they are completely different plants. After this exchange though, I don't expect you to understand that.

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21. Ummmm, you just said before that not all hemp is marijuana.

Once again, it's NOT the part of the plant that's the difference here, it's the plant itself. Marijuana has spindly stalks that would suck as the basis for textiles. Hemp doesn't have traditional buds and would suck as a drug. They're not the same at all.

Let me make this easier:

HEMP:

Marijuana:


Notice any differences?

[shanti]

7. actually, the caption to the photo did n/t

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8. Nobody here did.

But the article listed in the OP did.

[dysfunctional press]

13. correction: see post #11.

nt

[dysfunctional press]

14. Ummmmm...you just did...in post #11.

even though you're incorrect.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. I remember on the roads in Kansas testing out Hemp in the 70s

Hemp only has 1% THC vs Marijuana which can run from 15% or much higher.
Both plants are varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant

It is illegal to grow both hemp and marijuana in the United States

[MuseRider]

22. Get you high or not

It had to be better than Kansas grass. :)

[Ichingcarpenter]

23. Absolutely worthless but had the look and smell enough to

pass off on ignorant people. However the criminal penalty for possession was the same
until you could prove it was hemp and not pot.

It was a famous scam back then.

[guitar man]

4. Eh, it's been done already

:D

[underseasurveyor]

9. That's the FIRST thing I thought of

when I read the post title. Up In:smoke:

[dysfunctional press]

10. actually henry ford even beat them to it...

http://freetheplant.net/



Henry Ford and his Resin Stiffened, Hemp Fiber Car that ran on ethanol produced from hemp.

(he's hitting it with an axe to demonstrate it's strength)

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Coolness!

[Javaman]

20. so, if you get into a wreck, survive and need to chill, could you smoke the fenders? nt