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Hemp Car Persuasive Essay

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Cannabis just might be the future for environmentally friendly cars.

Article: Hemp really is a miracle plant of sorts. It’s been cultured for thousands of years and used in everything from paper and food, to textiles, building materials and even body care. Some, even believe that Henry Ford experimented with hemp to build car bodies. And, rumor has it that BMW among other luxury car manufacturers are experimenting with hemp to create a lighter-weight, more fuel-efficient vehicle that’s easier to recycle. While a car made of hemp may not seem sturdy enough, some think it’s the wave of the future.
Enter: Bruce Dietzen, and his sexy red sports car — made from hemp
Bruce Dietzen, a Key West, Florida native, moved to Hawaii 16 years ago and set up shop in his garage. Using a Mazda chassis, he built his hemp car from approximately 100 pounds of imported Chinese hemp. Almost every part of the sports car is made from hemp including the body, dash and rugs. But the engine parts, windshield, mirrors and other electrical parts are not. Dietzen used hemp fibers and resin to create a strong plastic and then molded into the car body.
Huge carbon rewards …show more content…

Between the extracting of metals, creation of plastics, manufacturing of parts, transportation of parts, not to mention the corporate carbon footprint created by each office and building that manages the process. Then, of course, there’s driving your vehicle, which also releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contributes to climate change. Yet, Dietzen thinks that manufacturing cars with hemp and fueling it with biofuels, could have huge carbon rewards, according to the Honolulu Star

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