Eli5 why we use trees to produce paper.

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Everybody uses paper. Why are we waiting for trees to grow only to cut them down to produce paper? It takes an incredible amount of time for a tree to grow, whereas other plants grow faster, why not use those plants

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Hemp is the way. William Randolph Hurst was pretty much head guy when it came to the paper mill industry back in the day. He was also BIG in the newspaper industry. Pretty sure he owned majority of that industry too. So with him being almost pretty much in complete control of these two industries, he controlled what was on the papers. He slandered Hemp, along with probably whatever else he could. So that way the people would invest in his paper mill industry and think that using trees for paper was the way to go. Disregarding the fact that it’s terrible for the environment, trees take forever to grow just to cut them down??? When Hemp, grows exponentially faster and can be used for a variety of different things other than a tree. Look him up, Willam Randolph Hurst

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