Henry ford, you were so close. While the early Ford championed all sorts of methods of making ethyl alcohol, one of those means was hemp. Like I stated a few days ago, one of the magic numbers for hemp is its high percentage of cellulose (the key ingredient for conversion into alcohol or other fuels. Ford created a hemp car that used hemp fibers in construction and ran on ethyl alcohol made from hemp. Momentum was gathering quickly for the natural and sustainable fuel revolution. Then oil, backed by powerful people and upstart companies like Dupont, stormed onto the scene. And you know the rest. Bit of a pisser, but what are you gonna’ do.
Month: May 2009
Hemp is to Cotton what Superman is to Bizarro
You might have heard it by now, but cotton is the devil. I know, I know. I am one of cotton’s evil minions. I am wearing the touch and feel of cotton right now! It is the fabric of our lives. I know.
But that doesn’t make it right. I am in the process of trying to cut my steady dependance on the stuff even thought I come from a family of cotton farmers (on the one side. But don’t worry, we’ve moved on to petroleum products for our fortune. Oh crap! That’s tomorrow’s blog.)
Say Hello to (Hemp) Farmer Green
Farmers have had a rough row to hoe for a while now, and unfortunately the economic downturn is not helping them. Another 90,000 farmers are expected to sell the farm during the next decade at a time when we need to be producing more food than ever. Many are promoting new genetically altered and engineered crops and larger industrialized farm conglomerates as the answer to step up the world’s food supplies. Pardon my lack of French, but this seems like a dumbass solution to me. Past attempts to step up industrialized farming without appropriate wisdom and sense has lead to such smash hits as “Welcome to the Dust Bowl.”