Below is from some hemp websites: http://www.goldentroll.com/hempinfo061200.html and
http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2000/June/lear_introduces_two_new.shtml

This patent-pending natural fibre acrylic polymer has been developed for automotive door panel trim, package tray and trunk applications. A so-called ``modular binder system'' allowing stiffness and impact resistance to be varied according to need offers extreme flexibility for customers. The exceptionally lightweight properties of the natural fibre acrylic polymer also could make it suitable for a range of other automotive interior applications in the future. ``In our extensive testing we have reached a record low weight of 1300 g/ m2 - a weight savings of greater than 40% when compared to conventional injection molded substrates,'' said Armin Schwaighofer, Material Development Engineer, Lear's Manufacturing Operations Division in Ebersberg. ``The bending strength of this polymer has proven to be very high, which puts this polymer among the very best in the market right now. The fact that the material consists up to 70% of plant that regrow makes it an environmentally friendly way to use natural resources,'' Schwaighofer added. Selected after months of research, this unique formula of plant fibres and acrylics also offers an improved environment for production workers compared with glass fibre-based polymers. Natural Fibre Polypropylene for Door Trim, Trunk trim Natural fibre polypropylene is made from plants that can be regrown that are combined with polypropylene. In this natural fiber, Lear replaced the flax fibre with kenaf, hemp and jute. Additional improvements in mechanical properties were achieved with the use of coupling agents that improve the chemical bonding of fibre and polypropylene. This new material from Lear has superior elasticity, providing high impact resistance. This new ``elastic'' environment could mean improved occupant safety by eliminating potentially sharp edges caused by conventionally brittle panels that may fracture during an accident.

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so does that mean if an rx8 got into an accident (God forbid) and flames started to arise, everyone around the car would get high?!?!


:confused: :D :cool:

uh, no, not really

:)

You could probably get high off the fumes from the resins but the actual plant fibres contain no THC (the active halucinogen in pot). We actually have a Kenaf farm out here in AZ, imagine the surprise when cruising down the road and you see a field of 15ft tall pot plants. The Kenaf looks just like marijuana but has five leaves instead of seven or vise versa (can't remember). Maybe just coincidence but the farm is only about a mile from the General Motors Proving Ground.

The kind of hemp that they extract fibers to make rope isn't nearly as potent as the kind used for... ahem, medicial purposes. ;)

It's been around for quite some time, but in the last 30 years, people seem to think that both are the same--probably due to marketing where they use the popular knowlege of the "pot" hemp to sell the more mundane rope hemp.

I think marijuana only refers to the one those damn hippies smoke.

I only skimmed the articles but i didn't notice any mention of the RX-8, is this material gong to be used in our cars?
I'm probably an idiot and didn't see it.

Dude, bump this thread. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/cool/cool-smiley-027.gif

Man, Cheech & Chong invented vehicles made out Weed 25 yrs ago. They drove a van made out of weed across the Mexico/U.S. border in the movie "Nice Dreams". Awesome movie.

Wow this is an old thread... But hey who's actually paying attention anyway?

It's nice to see that people are taking more notice of hemp. I would like to see it used in more production and manufacturing than just that. Our current politicians are to scared of anything named hemp or cannabis to even look at the long term benifits of using a very renewable resource like hemp in all kinds of produced goods. And that is correct the hemp plant used contains such a small amount of THC and CBDs that you would get high from carbon monoxide poisening before you would ever feel a buzz from that plant. The two types of marijuana that are generally grown for its' psychoactive effects and for medicinal purposes are Sativas and Indicas. The rest just aren't worth mentioning in this respect.

Crap... Now the stoners are going to steal my car.



:D

Crap... Now the stoners are going to steal my car.



:D


Don't worry I already got my own :p

Don't worry I already got my own :p
OK, but when you've finished smoking your doors, don't come looking for mine. :o ;)

You mean the midnight auto parts store?

Man, Cheech & Chong invented vehicles made out Weed 25 yrs ago. They drove a van made out of weed across the Mexico/U.S. border in the movie "Nice Dreams". Awesome movie.


That was the first thing I thought when I saw this thread title!