May 5th, truckers no work day.

[fullhouse]

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Fabric is imported, it is illegal to grow hemp in the US.

OK, you are right. It's milled in the US, but not grown in the US. It's a great fabric though for heavy use, I love it.

 

[theJH]

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Fabric is imported, it is illegal to grow hemp in the US.

Which needs to change now. Hemp is a renewable resource that has been villified for obvious reasons. Hemp, true hemp, still grows wild in parts of the country.
I had a guy working for me a few years back that was with Barnum & Bailey. One year, traveling by train, they spotted a large patch of wild hemp. The crew thought they had hit a jackpot. They all smoked a bunch and only thing they got was a headache. Marijuana now is a hybrid from hemp that has been bred for the THC content. People can't seem to differentiate between hemp and pot.

Hemp cloth, paper, and even alcohol/methanol, would save a bunch of other natural resources. And it grows fast, and can be replanted year after year.

There is more than it is a cousin of the pot plant. That is how they sold it to the government to make hemp illegal. Dupont and others had a hand in lobbying against hemp because it competed and beat their synthetic products.

 

[Vamp-A-Billy Princess]

I started a new thread not knowing everyone was already talkin about this. I agree...We need to do something...anything. At least people are motivated enough to talk about boycotting something instead of just whining and going along with it. Even if it doesnt help its great that so many people can unify and spread the word about an important issue. Isn't there anything we can do to stick it to The Man?!

 

[Miltonchix]

If we can genetically alter it for higher THC we can genetically alter it for NO THC. Or, we could cook out the THC for prescription marijuana.
But I digress, the topic was not marijuana, it is May 5th no work day, I think.

We have 1000's of ways to create alternative fuels.

As for not drilling in Alaska, or the Gulf of Mexico, I'm all for not drilling. Today. We wait until the Middle East runs out of oil. Then they can buy from us at ........$1000/barrel maybe. It sucks but cheap gas is history.

Unless something drastic is done soon it is going to destroy our economy. The President, TODAY, could mandate say Jan 1 2010 ALL vehicles made and sold in the U.S. be hydrogen powered. That simple. A market is created, the technology is already proven, and the facilities to create hydrogen would pop up like weeds overnight. Just like methanol plants are springing up everywhere. Methanol is a poor choice of fuels though in my opinion.