ok thank you for your reply. and i agree there are some nuts out there, me included. i know if your mind is made up, like me, it is very difficult to change.
so i offer, not to try and change your mind but only to offer a couple points to consider about its financial value as a renewable energy resource.
It is proven that you can make 100 gallons of methanol fuel per ton of hemp. A decent farmer can grow 10 tons per acre every 120 days on a farm, that is realistic. It is estimated that it costs 30 dollars per ton for biomass delivered to the methanol fuel conversion plant.
That's a thousand gallons of methanol (a renewable fuel btw)per acre for 300 bucks! You could get rich if we burned methanol in our cars. It would also make us energy independent. oh yeah did i happen to mention methanol is water soluble and the cycle of growing to burning eliminates most pollutants! bonus!!
FACT: Hemp has EIGHT TIMES the BTU value of corn. PLEASE think about that GIB.... i repeat eight times the BTU of corn.
1. U.S. Energy Atlas, David J. Cuff & William J. Young, Free Press/McMillan Publishing Co., NY, 1980
2. Progress in Biomass Conversion Vol. 1, Kyosti V. Sartanen & David Tillmall editors, Academic Press, NY, 1979
3. Brown’s Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook, Michael H. Brown (Senate hearing transcripts)
4. Environmental Chemistry, (4th edition), Stanley E. Manahan, P.W.S. Publishers, Boston, MA, 1979
5. Hemp for Victory, U.S. government documentary film, USDA 1942-43
capitol.hawaii.gov
17 is the world's champion photosynthesizer. It converts the sun's
18 energy into biomass more efficiently than any other plant, with
19 at least four times the biomass/cellulose potential and eight
20 times the methanol potential of corn. It could compete
21 economically with petroleum-based fuels.
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