Hemp the crop to beat coming energy crisis

REFER to Barry Horgan’s feature on diminishing oil resources (‘Oil gone,’ Irish Examiner, October 4).

Hemp the crop to beat coming energy crisis

Every time there is trouble in oil-producing countries, the price goes up and we are told supplies are running out.

To replace the energy that oil gives us we are looking at wind and wave power and rivers for smaller schemes. But there is no mention of hemp, which has the potential to meet much of our needs. The crop should grow well here; it can yield up to 10 tonnes per acre in 100 days.

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