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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:05 AM Mar 2019

If I had the capital

I would invest in processing plants to break down industrial hemp fiber into usable textiles, paper, and building material.

Growing agriculture hemp is starting to explode now that it's legal.
What's lacking is the processing infrastructure.

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If I had the capital (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2019 OP
Our future is in an economy based on safeinOhio Mar 2019 #1
And solar SHRED Mar 2019 #2
and wind TeamPooka May 2019 #5
Hydrogen powered cars? Quemado Mar 2019 #3
Hmmm, if I had the capital GWC58 May 2019 #4

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
3. Hydrogen powered cars?
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:28 AM
Mar 2019

I've seen arguments on both sides: some say battery electric vehicles that charge up at charging stations will dominate; others say hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles that fill up at hydrogen pumps will dominate. Right now, the economics are not in favor of hydrogen, but that could change.

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