roguetrick

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

That's largely what you see in China. Northern forests for paper, some hemp in the ag areas but mostly food. Finland and Sweden are major paper producers but they couldn't grow hemp if they wanted. And Brazil grows eucalyptus in marginal soils(acidic post pasture that cant even support cattle grazing anymore, none the less hemp and what annual tillage would do for the erosion of already shitty soil) very quickly to produce a massive amount of paper(with it's own ecological problems). None of these have anything to do with US drug laws or monopolies.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I'm aware of American market consolidation. None of that explains why hemp paper isn't a global industry supposedly due to monopolists if it was four times as efficient. America is just one player in this commodity. The worlds largest paper maker, China, doesn't particularly care about American industry lobbists. I think the economic differences between irrigated hemp farming and tree farming and logging are likely much more salient.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Everywhere I go smells like shit."

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (7 children)

Nobody has a global monopoly on paper. That's enough to prove this isn't quite accurate. Hell Ancient China originated both paper and hemp and they still use trees(though they did use hemp for a time).

Edit: I'm not going to respond individually to the comments below other then to say the leftist version of American Exceptionalism is on full display.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Teratomas and reproductive organs, name an more iconic combo

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The primary question here MoCo has is how. Notwithstanding Thomas's deranged concurrence on how unacceptable it is the board is teaching this and not religion, the court doesn't suggest how to pay for the costs of having separate atomized instruction and instructors. If the kids stay home for the day then whatever. But that's not the ask in this case.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

LaTeX no less. Make sure your safeword markup is correct.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Watching this guy barreling down a waterslide while drinking whiskey with a pack of cigarettes at hand and a crystal ashtray while wearing a full suit with your family at your side is funny as fuck. Kim sure knows how to put on absurd state events.

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

This is the bloke that grabbed me on the penis

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And if you meet flourine out on the wild, you will be F'ed. It will bind itself to you without your consent or caring about things like essential biological processes for life.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Life is a game of burning but trying to do it slowly.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

favouring transit

China is largely dominating the electric bus market too. I doubt Europe particularly wants to bootstrap a lithium mining and refining industry to compete though. The Chinese companies are that vertically integrated.

 
 
 

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Interesting to note here: getting preteens to confusedly call Congress with threats of self harm and questions like "what is Congress" with a push notification is not the best plan

 

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