Chemurgy involves growing crops not for food but for transformation into various industrial products —plastics, coatings, thread, etc. As Dave West neatly puts it, chemurgy is based on “the idea that anything you can make from a hydrocarbon you can make from a carbohydrate… Rayon from plants instead of nylon from petroleum.” Henry Ford was a leading proponent of chemurgy. Ford had his workers build a car out of hemp-based products and arranged for a promotional photo of himself, in an overcoat and hat, bashing the rear fender with a sledgehammer to show how strong the material was.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:07:08 +0000
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