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Marijuana: It's Time For A Conversation
We believe that the main reason hemp is illegal today is because of biodiesel's potential. The first diesel engines (by Rudolph Diesel in 1894) were invented to run on hempseed oil; petroleum wasn't synthesized to mimic hempseed oil for over a decade. Therefore hempseed oil was the primary fuel for automobiles for over 30 years after the invention of the first internal combustion engine.
Entry into the biodiesel market has very low capital entry requirements and is, therefore, not centralized. Among the benefits of using biodiesel:
Start an economic boom!
Use vegetable seed oil (biodiesel).
Run any diesel engine with no engine conversion at all.
Make biodiesel from hemp, soybean, rapeseed/canola and safflower seed oil
Save family farms.
Return economic control to the people!
Naturally decentralize wealth.
Stop global warming.
Stop A lot of toxic pollution.
Create a useful byproduct: food.
Petroleum is Out of Balance; Biodiesel is Sustainable and In Balance.
In comparison, petroleum is capital intensive and, therefore, centralized. To maintain market share, the petroleum industries wanted to prohibit hemp.
The reason marijuana is illegal has very little to do with drugs, and is really about money and the continued centralization of economic and political control. Hemp seed oil is biodiesel and is three times more productive than any other seed oil crop, and hemp seed oil will run any diesel engine today with no modification. Hemp oil is the reason the petrochemical industry made up the "reefer madness" myth. They renamed hemp, using racist propaganda, calling it marijuana, and lied to make it illegal. There is a truth that must be heard!
Cannabis sativa is the oldest and most resourceful crop sown. In fact, sativa means "useful" in Latin. Industrial hemp could supply most of mankind's fuel, fiber and food needs and will be the agent of transformation for our economy away from many toxic petrochemical products to nontoxic, agriculturally based alternatives.
We believe that the main reason hemp is illegal today is because of biodiesel's potential. The first diesel engines (by Rudolph Diesel in 1894) were invented to run on hempseed oil; petroleum wasn't synthesized to mimic hempseed oil for over a decade. Therefore hempseed oil was the primary fuel for automobiles for over 30 years after the invention of the first internal combustion engine. Learn more about the uses of Hemp!
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A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. - Thomas Jefferson
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot long retain it. - Abraham Lincoln
Industrial Hemp
is Legal in many countries throughout Europe and Asia, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and China (where it was never prohibited).
Over 25,000 products can be manufactured from hemp, from cellophane to dynamite. Popular Mechanics, 1938
Make the most of the hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!
George Washington
Henry Ford built a plastic car made of fiber from hemp and wheat straw in 1941
Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.
Thomas Jefferson
It took courageous people to stand up and question the prohibition against alcohol. Rick Steves
Legalize. Regulate. Educate.'s Friend Space (Top 39)
