Optional@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat monopoly lobbyist group would oppose that?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down13
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 days agoHow could 1 acre of hemp produce the same quantity of wood pulp for making paper as 4 acres of trees? Spacing? Time taken between harvest?
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoI’m not a paper scientist, but i’m gonna guess many more plants, many times, much faster.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoHigher ratio of green (read: photosynthesizing) to not green plant material, allowing faster growth
How could 1 acre of hemp produce the same quantity of wood pulp for making paper as 4 acres of trees? Spacing? Time taken between harvest?
I’m not a paper scientist, but i’m gonna guess many more plants, many times, much faster.
Higher ratio of green (read: photosynthesizing) to not green plant material, allowing faster growth