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Help Save the Earth, Time to Subsitute Hemp for Oil

alternet.org — Every man-made fiber we wear, sit on, cook with, drive in, are by-products of the petroleum industry -- all of which could be replaced by hemp. As the recession renews interest in the growing hemp marketplace as a potential boon for the green economy -- even Fox Business News has touted it -- hemp is becoming impossible to ignore. But the plant's..

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  • govtdoesnotwork, on 06/19/2009, -0/+2Even if you do not think this idea will work, if you don't support it, you're not a capitalist. But the real irony is that even though the hippie types support it and hysterical prohibitionists are opposed, if anything, all that low potency pollen floating around would be BAD for recreational pot growers. Seeds tend to make their joints explode in a shower of sparks if not removed. But who cares? The real market will be fuel oil & a superior natural fiber that's cheaper than cotton at the same time, as well as cheaper, better paper. What's not to like, unless it outcompetes your own ***** business, that is...

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