Difference is that I can't also use the same crop to use as materials for making houses.
So many things are made of plastic, which is made of petroleum, that it is laughable to suggest that hemp is a more useful product than petroleum.
Regarding making houses: asphalt shingle roofs, vapor barriers to keep out moisture, vinyl siding, wiring, plumbing, fixture coverings, lighting coverings, counter tops, flooring, just to name a few. ALL made from petroleum.
Petroleum occurs naturally within the Earth's crust, and the Earth will never stop producing it. We might use it up at a faster rate than the Earth can produce it, but so far there is no evidence that is actually happening.
Other than water, petroleum is easily the most useful natural product that man has to utilize.
I always know that I am "debating" a dishonest person when they completely ignore a point made that destroys their argument.
You have ignored the point made that it would take 22 million sqaure miles of hemp production to fuel the US economy alone. Clearly, that is impossible.
If something about your argument is impossible to do in the real world, then your argument is wrong, by definition.
I'm not saying that hemp cannot have some use, because it can. But it clearly cannot replace petroleum.
And because you refuse to acknowledge the points made that destroy your position, I have no use in discussing this with you any further. You are not honest.
But if we don't have enough land to grow the hemp, how could that work. See my calculations above. The US needs 22,000,000 square miles of hemp fields. Where are you going to put them?
On the other hand, fossil fuels seem to be working quite well without taking over five USAs of space.
So many things are made of plastic, which is made of petroleum, that it is laughable to suggest that hemp is a more useful product than petroleum.
Regarding making houses: asphalt shingle roofs, vapor barriers to keep out moisture, vinyl siding, wiring, plumbing, fixture coverings, lighting coverings, counter tops, flooring, just to name a few. ALL made from petroleum.
Petroleum occurs naturally within the Earth's crust, and the Earth will never stop producing it. We might use it up at a faster rate than the Earth can produce it, but so far there is no evidence that is actually happening.
Other than water, petroleum is easily the most useful natural product that man has to utilize.
GTFO with your hemp nonsense.
Hemp can replace petrolium for plastic in it's entirety.
Sorry for your feelings, but take out the state of the affairs of hemp and oil and oil will lose.
I always know that I am "debating" a dishonest person when they completely ignore a point made that destroys their argument.
You have ignored the point made that it would take 22 million sqaure miles of hemp production to fuel the US economy alone. Clearly, that is impossible.
If something about your argument is impossible to do in the real world, then your argument is wrong, by definition.
I'm not saying that hemp cannot have some use, because it can. But it clearly cannot replace petroleum.
And because you refuse to acknowledge the points made that destroy your position, I have no use in discussing this with you any further. You are not honest.
That's where you're wrong, kiddo.
The only way petroleum is main use now is because of regulatory marxism. Every fucking time.
But if we don't have enough land to grow the hemp, how could that work. See my calculations above. The US needs 22,000,000 square miles of hemp fields. Where are you going to put them?
On the other hand, fossil fuels seem to be working quite well without taking over five USAs of space.
And have you seen the Partial List Of Things Made From Oil?