Oil is owned/controlled by the .0001% and here we're spending indefensible amounts of resources for the benefit of the.0001%. Why do we do that? We know the answer. Too many alternatives are available but are not given adequate media and/or funding, at least by the government who has tied up OUR money for tax write-offs and subsidies for Big Oil. I think we need to start demanding that more resources be invested in those alternative energy sources, one of which is hemp. I found the following article interesting and thought it might be a good read.
Hemp-Fuels - Environmentally friendly fuel sources:"
The basics: Hemp can provide two types of fuel.
1. Hemp biodiesel – made from the oil of the (pressed) hemp seed.
2. Hemp ethanol/methanol – made from the fermented stalk.
To clarify further, ethanol is made from such things as grains, sugars, starches, waste paper and forest products, and methanol is made from woody/pulp matter. Using processes such as gasification, acid hydrolysis and enzymes, hemp can be used to make both ethanol and methanol.
In this day of oil wars, peak oil (and the accompanying soaring prices), climate change and oil spills such as the one in the gulf by BP, it’s more important than ever to promote sustainable alternatives such as hemp ethanol. Hemp turns out to be the most cost-efficient and valuable of all the fuel crops we could grow on a scale that could fuel the world.
And as it turns out, the whole reason for hemp prohibition – and alcohol prohibition – may have been a fuel the realization that OIL production is threatened by any competing fuel source, especially one that requires no modifications to your car!
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http://www.hemp.com/hemp-education/uses-of-hemp/hemp-fuel/
