Hemp Car

[kill dank]

Whereas a comparably sized Ford Fusion weighs 3,720 pounds, the Kestrel will be just 2,500 pounds with the battery. this “might be the sweet spot for electric vehicles,” Armstrong says, because the car’s low tonnage means a fuel-efficiency increase of 25 to 30 percent.
To make this resilient, lightweight compound, hemp stalks are combed and rolled into a mat that is infused with a polymer resin. the hemp makes the biocomposite’s flexibility similar to the carbon fiber used in racecars.
Hemp grows fast and it’s cheap, which should keep the Kestrel’s production price around $25,000. A prototype is nearly complete, Armstrong says, and Motive plans to have thousands of its hemp-mobiles on the road by 2012.

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2011-02/introducing-first-road-ready-hemp-mobile


I think it's pretty intense. I wonder if you can recycle the material.

 

[thatguy1234]

creative . so what if the car gets in a crash and catches fire... will everyone in the area be buzzed??

 

[Magics]

creative . so what if the car gets in a crash and catches fire... will everyone in the area be buzzed??

It's not possible to get high smoking hemp, it contains below 0.3% THC and has a relatively high percentage of another cannabinoid, CBD, that actually blocks the marijuana high.

 

[ManyGash]

I clicked on this thread expecting to see the van out of Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke..

OT: I think It is a good idea and always promoted the use of hemp

 

[Fruity Lex]

Hemp is the material that will save the world, did you know Jeans made out of Hemp and not cotton are of higher quality and more durable.

 

[Zerkerfist]

creative . so what if the car gets in a crash and catches fire... will everyone in the area be buzzed??

Lol that would be like the van they build out of weed in Cheech and Chong - Up In Smoke.

For anybody who hasn't seen the movie - They build a van out of weed to smuggle across the border (literally by driving it through customs), and they park somewhere and the van catches fire while they are inside this building and all the fumes come through the vents and gets everybody chonged out of their minds. I can't really remember details because its been so long but now I want to go back and watch this film :laugh:

 

[Botfarmer]

Hemp is such a good resource for many reasons It is so cheap and durable it can be used for great things