I don't suppose you could possibly get a larger blanket for that all encompassing statement could you? The promotion of industrial hemp by "most" in the USofA is not by the "drug crowd." It's by people who recognize both sanity and insanity as well. In fact, industrial hemp would quickly become problematic for smokeable cannabis growers due to the increased occurence of pollenation and cross-pollenation.
For a person to be accurate in their professions and presumptions of what would occur in the US should industrial hemp be re-legalized would require a good bit of familiarity with the culture that the person is attempting to deride. And whether or not some or many of them have personal experience with smokeable cannabis does not invalidate the rationality of re-incorporating the low drug strains into US agriculture again. In fact, it is the peculiarly perverted conservative faction of this country, that and those who don't want to make waves - no matter how industrially, economically and environmentally beneficial the end result is - that try to scare the population into disbelieving the realities of industrial hemp farming. One look at the rest of the world should be enough to give realization that it's the uptight, constipated, conservatism of the US that is the problem, not the "drug crowd" that uptight conservatives would try to paint everyone else as being who is not "them." Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Oh wow...this SO groovy > Those who were promoting the technology as the solution are based in the > USA. Most who promote it in the USA are the drug crowd who are using > biofuels as their method of getting marijuana legalized. > > I'm in the USA, and I'm interested in what is legal in the UK. I followed > the vegetable oil fiasco in Wales quite closely. Not all Americans are > clueless or apathetic about what happens outside our borders. As I recall > Industrial hemp was approved in the UK in 1993 after a 75 year ban. > > > Steve Spence > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: > http://www.green-trust.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "canros_uk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 12:28 PM > Subject: [biofuel] Re: Oh wow...this SO groovy > > > > Why on earth should I be interested in what is or what is not legal > > in the USA? > > > > Stuart > > > > --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Growing hemp is illegal in the US. It's not likely to be made legal > > for many > > > years, if ever. There are plenty of other oil producing plants that > > are > > > legal, which will get us off petroleum, promote the mission, > > without tying > > > it to the drug culture in many peoples minds. > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve Spence > > > Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter > > > & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: > > > http://www.green-trust.org > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Randy Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:39 AM > > > Subject: [biofuel] Oh wow...this SO groovy > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you guys have already seen this, but I just found out about > > it. > > > > > > > > http://www.hempcycle.org/ > > > > > > > > The HempCycle project seeks to end our national addiction to > > > > petroleum by educating the public about the advantages of using > > > > renewable, biomass fuels and the latest in hybrid vehicle > > technology > > > > to heal the planet. > > > > > > > > "Hemp is a vast untapped renewable resource that could free > > America > > > > from dependence on foreign petroleum," says Dwyer. "Through a > > > > process called pyrolysis, hemp can produce 1,000 gallons of > > methanol > > > > per acre. Many gas stations are currently selling gasoline > > blended > > > > with up to 20% methanol. With relatively simple modifications to > > > > increase the compression of gasoline powered internal combustion > > > > engines, it is possible to use 100% methanol." > > > > > > > > http://www.ecycle.com/powersports/hybrid.htm > > > > > > > > Employing state-of-the-art mechanical and electrical design > > > > technology, eCycle is developing a 180mpg motorcycle. The > > motorcycle > > > > features a 219cc direct injected, multifuel engine (petrodiesel, > > > > biodiesel, kerosene) and an 8kW brushless motor drive. 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