In other news, hippies are now huffing gasoline.
What in the world have they been smoking?
The “hemp” guys crack me up. I was in Walmart today and saw some deoderant or something made out of hemp. They just won’t give it up. LOL!
Is there anything this miraculous, gift from God, plant can’t do?....hold it, what were we talking about?
Each acre of hemp would yield 1,000 gallons of methanol.
The author needs to stop smoking the hemp! Because sugarcane yields 500 gallons per acre, and switchgrass yields 1000 gallons per acre, the same as hemp.
Someone's been toking a bit too much!
Oh, good grief!!! Just give us ANWAR, will ya???? Geesh! This is all just so ridiculous! I had to change my tagline AGAIN!!!
One toke over the line Sweet Mary
One toke over the line,
Sittin’ downtown at the railway station
One toke over the line.
(Stupid hippies!)
Of course, many here will start claiming that you can get high off hemp. That’s why the US Government PAID farmers to grow it in WWII, I suppose...
It’s ridiculous that so many are so ill-informed when it comes to alternative fuels. There is NO reason to ban hemp and it’s many products including fuel. Instead we’ll raise food prices by developing more ethanol... Absolutely ridiculous...
Smoking pot...er, huffing hemp, leads to...ah, i forget.
Dude, where’s my car?
Next, they will be advocating LSD Trips to save gas on vacations.
The US presently has about 19% of its area in cropland. Adding another 6% to this is a not insignificant change in the environment.
There's no question we could do it. The question is whether it's the most efficient way to accomplish the goal.
I believe that far and away the most efficient thing to do is to dramatically expand nuclear energy, which in conjunction with hydro could eventually provide all our electricity needs. Then fossil fuels could be relegated solely to transportation purposes. I believe if we did that we would have to import zero oil.
If they just made me dictator I could solve the "energy crisis" in less than five years, quite easily and economically.
Yet, somehow the demand for me to assume this position is less than deafening. :)
Hemp- put it on your pancakes instead of butter!
Hemp- instead of cloth diapers!
Hemp- it's what's for dinner.
Some on this thread may be interested in the following video available at Google... (I just found this when looking on Wikipedia about Switchgrass - it was linked from the hemp page there).
Hemp for Victory
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-117344919147932597
This film was made by the US Dept. of Agriculture. The existence of this film was denied by the US Government until 1989. It is in the public domain now... It is a very interesting and short (16 min. long) documentary.
Even if it can’t be made into fuel, we should stop the failed war on plants.
Make it poison ivy, and I’m a millionaire.
“...and the oil companies bought up all the rights to the pot-burning car which gets 100 miles to the dime bag!!! And the inventor of the bong-powered space ship was found dead, and all his blueprints were missing!”
Peeping Tom Accidentally Falls Off 10th Floor
Weird Asia News | 6/8/08
Posted on 06/08/2008 2:33:16 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies
Yahoo! | Sat Jun 7, 7:51 PM ET
Posted on 06/07/2008 8:28:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027770/posts
Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies
AP | 6-7-2008 | AP
Posted on 06/07/2008 11:02:20 PM PDT by Westlander
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027809/posts
Alton attorney accidentally sues himself (Not Satire)
Madison County Record | 3/11/2005 | Steve Korris
Posted on 06/07/2008 8:38:02 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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2 Teens In Trouble After Duct Taping Goose
WCCO.com | 6/3/08 | WCCO.com
Posted on 06/03/2008 7:40:47 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2025636/posts
‘Aliens’ Ogled My Teen Daughters!
(victim’s father wants to start new govt agency)
Yahoo News | May 31, 2008 | Benjamin Radford
Posted on 06/01/2008 10:14:42 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2024440/posts
-elsewhere in alt-fuel news-
Man Forks Over $6G for Melon at Japanese Auction
AP via FoxNews | June 6, 2008
Posted on 06/06/2008 7:30:22 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027053/posts
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
Yahoo.com | June 6, 2008 | Tomoko A. Hosaka
Posted on 06/08/2008 11:29:52 AM PDT by plain talk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2027962/posts
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