Yes, because all solutions cost more.
http://imgur.com/eJdWdJMHere's the hempcrete house my friend built. Just showing off his joining, sorry about the picture. What about hempcrete is more expensive? Canada has lots of the very material. There's a guy not too far who has 600 acres worth just being stored. He can't find a buyer. Since you know everything, I'm sure you are aware that the hemp stalk, which we mainly just throw away, just requires shredding and a binder.
My friend wasn't aware of that because he listened to folks like you. He assumed you need to decorticate the hemp first. This has been Canada's big excuse, we could do lots of things with hemp, but the processing facilities cost so much. Well, it's just not true. Australia has lots of hemp houses, all using the entire stalk. Several international studies prove that it isn't needed. But then there are folks like you who don't suggest anything and shit on everything and my friend takes you on your word. He imported his hemp from Europe at 8 times the cost of buying from this guy who has no customers because of the same bullshit.
So yeah, he ended up paying more, not due to any intrinsic cost, but due to people who don't have a clue what they are talking about.
He won't be paying more in the future.
So I had a professor interested in doing a study on hemp. He ties it to global warming and gets a 25k grant, the same sort of grant that is provided for my current work. Grants been given, so he tries to get access to some material. Most hemp stalk in Canada is laid to waste. We grow hemp for seed, it's sewn more sparsely than seed plants and harvested later. The fibre is not the intended product, although some interesting products have come out of it: .
So you have a lot of material laid to waste, a grant to study it, facilities, private parties backing it, and a farmer with a product taking up space.
I bought an ounce yesterday. It's pretty easy to get weed in Canada. You can order online, I know many folks with a license, I know many folks without a license who grow. It's not legal like some people have been lead to believe. It actually carries a mandatory minimum sentence. But if you want it, it's cheap and available.
Industrial hemp is that which contains less than 0.3% THC. It can't get you high. You must buy from a breeder and pay for testing to ensure that your plants comply. It would seem that should be enough. But it isn't: you need a license to research, transport, store, process or package hemp.
To get the license, you need to apply before hand for a specific harvest. That guy with 600 acres can never legally sell it. No one can ever be licensed to transport, or research it.
So my professor has begun his application process. With luck, he can find a farmer willing to grow and undertake the application process. He can hope to find a trucker willing to apply for a transport license to make a single shipment. If licensed, he can then start research with luck after 18 months.
Meanwhile, we need solutions that are cheaper. We have them, we just can't access them due to the same kind of fucks who will be overseeing carbon taxes.
You essentially are saying that solutions must cost more. You are a dumbass.
Fly ash is a waste product. It was dumped. A friend of mine, retired now, was the first person in Nova Scotia to start collecting it and using it as a material. The government caught on and issued exclusive rights to the biggest company around. I contacted them for weeks trying to get some. I got the runaround. Another extremely cheap product that could help localize the materials industry which only existing major players who have no interest in doing so can access it.
Yeah, it's good but...
But eat a dick. The Chinese are printing buildings out of sand. We will see all wide ranging materials become ink, but not with the help of folks like you or folks intent on the idea we can't handle any of our problems or who can only point out the downfalls without looking for ways around them. For being an obstacle to humanity: eat a dick. Have a dick buffet.
