But we are busy having a government war on it...

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...here in the "land of the free".



Hemp homes to be built in government drive
Experimental homes made out of hemp are to be built under new government plans.
By Ben Leach
Last Updated: 1:04AM BST 01 Jun 2009

A prototype three-bedroom house, funded by the taxpayer, will go on show today. The home is part of a government drive to build more housing with a smaller carbon footprint.

The "renewable house" features walls made from Hemcrete - a mix of hemp and lime - and was built thanks to a £200,000 grant from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), which built the home, said building it used half the energy that building a traditional brick home would use.

It claims energy bills for the home owners would be as low as £150 a year, and predicts building on thousands of houses could begin soon.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5419032/Hemp-homes-to-be-built-in-government-drive.html

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1. Heh

Brings a new meaning to "getting stoned"!