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Canadians Build Car From Cannabis

Posted August 23, 2010 8:43 AM

From TG Daily:

The car, called the Kestrel, is a compact electric vehicle which can carry four people - so not much new about it there. But what may make it stand out from the crowd - to the nose, if not to the eye - is the fact that its body is made from what manufacturer Motive Industries calls an 'impact resistant bio composite material' - good old hemp.

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Re: Canadians Build Car From Cannabis

08/23/2010 9:08 AM

So it's an electric car with an appetite for Snickers Bars and Cheetos?

Cheech and Chong actually invented it a long time ago, but they like, you know, forgot to send in the paperwork.

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08/23/2010 7:37 PM

Now that you mention it, cannabis has largely contributed to the snack industry growth for centuries.

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08/23/2010 9:36 AM

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you hear about the bloke who built a wooden car? Wooden wheels. Wooden bodywork. Wooden engine, even.

An' when they started it up it wooden go! <Splutter, wheeze>

Those were the days....

Home, sweet home. <Splutter>

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08/23/2010 11:00 AM

"... it wooden go!"

Say Stinky Pete, if you are needing a companion pet...

... this guy is ready to go. Already box trained.

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08/23/2010 4:40 PM

.....There was a man from Boston,bought himself an Austin, had room for his a$$, a gallon of gas and his bolls hung out and he lost 'em..

If I give you money, do you promise you won't spend it on coffee?

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08/23/2010 7:33 PM

Finally: A real Cannabian car.

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08/23/2010 11:42 PM

Henry Ford built a car from hemp too. Stronger and lighter than steel.

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08/24/2010 9:09 AM

Ah - but if it gets into an accident and starts on fire ... who's goin' to put it out?????

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08/24/2010 9:20 AM

The inventers at their plant location.....

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08/24/2010 9:51 AM

What's next the Afghani poppy car?

Industrial hemp has been ignored long enough.. (did i say ignored? I meant ignorantly outlawed)

Good job Canada..

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08/24/2010 9:53 AM

By the time you smoke enough Hemp to get high you will be dead!

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08/24/2010 11:50 AM

Was this a "joint" venture?

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