Community | November 20, 2009 | 4 comments

House of straw passes fire test

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8367237.stm

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A house built from straw-bales and panels of hemp has passed an industry standard fire safety test which exposed it to temperatures above 1,000C.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8367237.stm
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    Marijuana,  Cannabis,  Hemp
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4 comments // House of straw passes fire test

  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  

    • Hemp is illegal, due to the illegality of cannabis. It has not mattered whether hemp has negligible levels of THC, hemp is equated with cannabis. Plus, our forefathers did not really differentiate between the various versions of the plant. When Abraham Lincoln wrote of 'sitting on his porch smoking 'sweet hemp', he was talking about what we now call (marijuana) cannabis.

    • 2 years ago
  • slovelett
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      slovelett  

    • Very cool. I added it to the architecture group, and will feature it.

      But just out of curiosity why is it posted in no fewer that 7 marijuana-related groups? Isn't the main argument for hemp legalization that it has negligible levels of THC?

    • 2 years ago
  • medHead
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