Grand Plan To Funnel Water To Dry Thailand's Northeast

[OzMick]

......if Thais wanted a nutritious field crop and were able to think outside the box, hemp is better than rice in every category.

Another good crop along these lines is jatropha, which is an expert at living under harsh conditions and is already widely used in biodiesel (Air NZ flew a jet on 50% jatropha recently). I wanted to grow some on my plantation, but was discouraged from doing so as there are no processing plants nearby. It is grown in some parts of Thailand already, though.

I gotta try me some of that hemp breakfast cereal, sounds like a good way to start the day.

I am growing jatropha and have about a bucket full of seed in 2nd year. I've heard (and seen photos of) jatropha seeds being pressed in to oil in a simple home-made crusher, a handyman can make at home for a few bucks. If anyone wants seed grown in Thailand, here's a link

I think you better check your source re growing hemp in Australia. AFAIK there a few farms with special licence (Tassie?) for rope production (very low THC content) and a personal use law in SA which allows a few plants for personal use - and everywhere else its a big no-no.

a quote from wikipedia, "The world-leading producer of hemp is China, with smaller production in Europe, Chile and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Over 30 countries produce industrial hemp, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Great Britain, France, Russia and Spain."

Thailand allows no hemp farming because Uncle Sam dictates Thai's laws on drugs, altho the Americans are slowly coming to their senses re; growing hemp,

In case anyone thinks hemp is the same as marijuana or ganja, it's not. Hemp is related, but has such a tiny amount of THC as to render it useless as a drug. It's like comparing tomatoes or potatoes to belladonna. They're in the same plant family - one gets you stoned, the others can't.

If you wish to take the word of some unknown contributor to wikipedia over that of of 2 (mine and following post) Australians, then don't be surprised when you are later proved to be wrong. Yes, we make some, but the production level is tiny, under licence and very strictly supervised even though the THC content is minimal.

You may wish to familiarise yourself with the computer term SISO.

[who]

If they hadn't logged out the native trees forty years ago (with the usual concomitant short-sighted greed and corruption) and replaced them with non-native eucalypts, thus modifying the local ecosystem, perhaps they wouldn't have to spend such enormous sums on water management.

---- I forget who it was that said that it was better to be thought stupid (in your case, ignorant) then to open ones mouth and remove all doubt ----

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[moe666]

The kicker is the 4 years to do a project of this size would take at least 10 years probably 20. OOO forgot only takes 4 years to siphon off the money with no result. one way for Big T to get his money back

[Buchholz]

The kicker is the 4 years to do a project of this size would take at least 10 years probably 20. OOO forgot only takes 4 years to siphon off the money with no result. one way for Big T to get his money back

.... and then some.

1.7 Trillion Baht is a lot more than the money seized from him and returned to the Treasury where it came from.

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[maidu]

If you wish to take the word of some unknown contributor to wikipedia over that of of 2 (mine and following post) Australians, then don't be surprised when you are later proved to be wrong. Yes, we make some, but the production level is tiny, under licence and very strictly supervised even though the THC content is minimal.

You may wish to familiarise yourself with the computer term SISO.

Why are we discussing this? You yourself admit Australia allows hemp farming. The point is Thailand treats hemp as an illegal drug (because it follows America's dictates on drug laws). The bigger point is: hemp is great option for Thai farmers. Farming hemp and other drought resistant crops would preclude the need for all the hyper expensive water diversion mentioned in the OP (plus such projects will probably not work as planned, if Thai engineers are involved).