Hemp's potential to become major Australian agricultural industry for manufacturing building products (www.abc.net.au)

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Brett Boag holds a small square of what appears to be ordinary wooden, 20-millimetre-thick chipboard.

Only this material is heavier and startlingly stronger.

Bulletproof in fact.

During a recent test in the United States, it withstood even a burst from a high-powered AK-47.

"It's phenomenally tough. We're making products that are even way in excess of the hardest hardwoods, very high impact resistance as well," said Mr Boag, who manufactures construction materials at a factory east of Melbourne.

The products are made from hemp — one of the toughest plants on the planet. ...

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[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Good thing we made this illegal for decades, imagine all the terrible building materials, textiles and medical breakthroughs we'd have

[-] TheHolm@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

It is not same hemp.

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