Hemp Marijuana Facts

Hemp seed oil vs Petroleum

Fossil Fuels create huge quantities of air pollution, which is just part of what makes biomass fuels a good choice. Metal and sulfur are not side effects of these fuels, leaving the environment cleaner when these fuels are used. Plus using biomass fuels means that no extra carbon dioxide is poured into the atmosphere. On the other hand, petroleum products create carbon, potentially making global warming worse through what we commonly call a “Greenhouse Effect”. A simple visual is of these carbons creating a quilt that holds the heat on to Earth instead of allowing it to escape into space. Taking carbon dioxide out of the air is the first step in the process of making biomass fuels. This naturally occurs by the growing of many different plants across the globe. Biomass fuels also have the distinct advantage of being able to be created within the United States, making us able to be self-sustained instead of requiring more importation of fuels.

We could save a great deal of money paying farmers along with local delivery drivers instead of having to pay tariffs, drillers, ships and soldiers in order to get the fuel we need. While trees could also be used as biomass, this would end up being more damaging than beneficial. This process would end up damaging the forests and the soil, leaving no nutrition in the soil after the trees were pulled up. Some parts of the US are beginning to burn trees simply because the power created by this process is cheaper than when they have to buy coal. Researches from Australia have recently started trying to burn hemp and they are finding that both the quantity and quality of biomass is greater from hemp than from trees.