i think its time to stuff the corporartes who runs the goovernments. Givernment for the people buy the people only comes from your real vote. That vote is for you to think how and with who you spend your next dollar.
Hemp shows how how corporate interest have diverted governements and the public from our gice from the univers , a plant that can help us keep transport moinvg , clothe us, make paper, house us and even feed us.
I want a real world not the crap being presented to us.
@nielss4 are you like still in grade school or just mentally stuck there? Stripping the land for wood will stop due to the fact that they use hemp bi-product to make paper and building supplies. Food wont be affected, hemp is a crop rotation plant that actually adds nutritional valve back to the soil making the soil better to grow food. Not to mention Hemp can be grown hydroponic with little nutrients needed, on a continuous cycle so it could produce tons of hemp daily with a large enough systm
@nielss4 are you like still in grade school or just mentally stuck there? Stripping the land for wood will stop due to the fact that they use hemp bi-product to make paper and building supplies. Food wont be affected, hemp is a crop rotation plant that actually adds nutritional valve back to the soil making the soil better to grow food. Not to mention Hemp can be grown hydroponic with little nutrients needed, on a continuous cycle so it could produce tons of hemp daily with a large enough syst
Biodiesel is by far one of the stupidest ideas for alternative fuel sources that I've ever come across for one simple reason: It's not sustainable.
In order to produce enough biodiesel to supplant current demand for oil, we would need to convert vast amounts of currently food-producing regions to biodiesel production. Stripping the last few fertile inches of farmsoil left dry of nutrients in order to run our cars is not only failing to solve the current problem: it could cause us to starve.
@Keinlicht you can get 400 gallons of biofuel to one acre of hemp, do the math dumbass, and it can be grown anywhere. You can grow the shit in your backyard, or anywhere for that matter, there is plenty of land in this world to do this, and when u harvest, you can plant more, hemp takes no nutrients out of the soil, but puts back a whole bunch, so starve, I think not. Get your facts straight moron.
@Xgames13 Your use of superlatives really doesn't make you more credible.
It may be the case that Hemp reintroduces nitrogen into the soil, I don't know the biochemical characteristics of its growth patterns. The thing is that i see Biodiesel production as simply moving the problem back one step: crop production requires natural gas extraction (when using fertilizer), and it still doesn't solve the problem of emissions.
If you put legumes into the crop rotation you don't need fertilizer. Also I believe a certain US university has studied a crop rotation and grown it on one plot of land for 100 years with no artificial fertilizer, with no soil degradation.
@52111centrumcz Don't you grasp the fact that any combustion process gives off emissions?
Electrically powered cars have been a viable commuter option for decades, and if they ever catch favor with car companies it seems only natural that most personal transport could be converted. Why switch to biodiesel, when we're just going to have to switch again anyways?
You do realize you are only kicking the can down the line? That electric power world wide comes mostly from coal, and small amounts from hydro or nuclear? Solar and wind are negligible, they are less than 2% worldwide total.
And if you make a sustainable crop rotation without a need for fertilizer (possible with clover in crop rotation) then you will have sustainable biodiesel you don't need to switch.
@52111centrumcz Doesn't matter. The key is efficiency. Electric engines are vastly more efficient at turning 1kj of energy into motion than internal combustion engines.
I realize relying on coal isn't a good idea, but frankly the suburban lifestyle of 2 cars per family isn't sustainable no matter what drives it. THAT is the main issue that really makes 'alternative' energy meaningless to discuss.
I agree. More use of urban mass transit that would be acceptable to all is a better way forward. But the problem I am trying to point out that electricity has to be generated (loss of energy), and that has to be generated from some source. This source, usually then has to transfer this energy over long distances (further loss) etc. and this has to charge a battery (loss also). Batteries do not give back 100% of energy used to charge, which then goes to an power regulator (loss) which
@52111centrumcz Even taking a standard lead-acid battery will usually give you back 75% of its charge, and the remaining 25% isn't lost. It just can't be used without damaging the battery.
While there is some net energy loss in charging/discharging, its trivial to the inefficiency of an internal combustion engine, which only creates 250j of useful energy per kJ of fuel burned. Its the engine that's the main problem, not the fuel.
You did not mention the entire chain though > Primary Energy Souce > inefficiency of power generation > inefficiency of transmission > inefficiency of converting to DC. That gives high numbers.
@52111centrumcz True enough, I wonder how the numbers would truly stack up when compared.. Although I do remember some study that noted a 100% conversion to electric even using coal would release fewer emissions than currently are produced, though I could be misremembering.
Either way, mass production of energy will necessarily result in higher net yield, by virtue of sheer scale. I think that centralized energy generation will be a must regardless of how its done.
Yes I agree, central generation is more efficient due to economy of scale and lower heat losses from the source and higher efficiencies due to a hotter source possible.
Yes, I also remember somewhere reading that an electric vehicle conversion would mean lower total emissions. I would think that using central signalling to chargers on vehicles would result in a flatter profile of power demand, allowing maximum efficiency of all deployed plants, resulting in lower net pollution
only then is used to power the motor, which is also not 100% efficient. The only positives of using battery powered cars connected to the grid that I can percieve is if you use a lot of unstable low energy density sources of electricity like wind and/or solar. That way you can use the batteries when commanded by a voltage regulator to prevent voltage spikes in the power grid, and store charge when there is too much production and too little demand in the grid.
Hemp is banned because it goes against capitalism. Anyone can easily grow it. It can easily be processed. You can make nearly everything out of it and it lasts forever. Where is the profit in this? This is the one and only reason hemp is illegal.
it's important we remember that government are against anything that has the potential to become self sufficient. Biofuels have the potential to be turned into mass scale home production as technology advances but the government are against methods that eliminate the possibility of people being reliant on there way of life which ensure we our lives are ensalved for them. ITs sad that they do everythign to ensure they maintain control of every aspect of our lifes. they hate independence
"Let's give petro oil related companies huge monetary incentive to change over to bio-fuels."
screw the oil companies!!! you dont think they've known the potential of biofuels? you dont think John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil) had ulterior motives when he was providing financial support to the "alcohol" prohibition movement?
remember, there was a time not so long ago when there wasn't a service station on every corner but there was a still on every farm ;o)
@ALITL8 That's a nice thought, but good luck overcoming the political / economic power of the petro companies. It's not that I love petro companies - it's just that I know that common sense does not over-power political power.
@SeattleGuy1968 "You may say that I'm a dreamer; But [hopefully] I'm not the only one"
i used to work for big oil, i'm well aware of how much power they wield in the politics. don't let that frighten you, sometimes all it takes is enough people with common sense. like the guys that wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. that was a pretty bold move even by today's standards... oh yea, and they grew hemp ;o)
Simple...grow it where its not seen, make it to bio-fuel, and do the rest legally. You just have to make sure there isn't an idiot (government employee) anywhere within dozens of miles.
Yep! I am a flagger. They need to give us hazard pay for having to breath fumes from the vehicles going by all day. I found it so funny when someone yelled at me about the hazard of smoking as they drove their smoking car past me. Are these people willing to stop driving the gas fueled cars in return for me to stop smoking?
If we started using hemp for fuel, we wouldn't have to pay another cent for fuel. This stuff should be grown on a grand scale. #1 Clothing, #1 Paper source, #1 fuel, #1 Medicine, #1 EVERYTHING. We need a hemp-based economy, this world is doomed if we don't start using this gift from nature.
I'll probably spontaneously combust soon unless this stupidity is put an end to. We have the same idiotic reasoning in Norway, that you could potentially hide high-THC plants in the field. Never mind the different look/size. If the US government does something, Norway usually jumps on the train, pretty fast.
Preaching hemp is usually a social conditioning tactic to get people use to the idea of things like hemp and marijuana. Marijuana as "medicine" & hemp as fuel are "smoke screens" of conditioning. I'm sure nobody is apposed to hemp including me, but don't think for a minute that hemp won't be use to disguise the growing and transporting of pot! When I find a hemp advocate I find a pot smoker nearly every time. Burning anything for power is not smart, heat is what we need and geothermal is it.
first off, your an idiot, please do use the internet to learn stuff,
if someone wanted to grow pot, they sure as hell would never want to grow anywhere near a hemp farm, or any hemp plants what so ever, hemp plants are male and give off pollen from their pollen sacs, pot plants that grow nug are female and get pollenated by males creating seeds, if a pot plant gets pollunated by a hemp plant the pot plants potency gets cut IN HALF, so why would a pothead want low potent pot????
There is a HUGE difference between hemp and marijuana.
Hemp is grown for it's fiber, oils, and other industrial uses and does not contain enough THC to get a person high.
Marijuana, on the other hand includes THC and a variety of other mind/body altering chemicals that may be used for recreational or medicinal purposes.
Both hemp and marijuana come from the same genus, cannabis which is banned in the US.
13 states legalized medical marijuana use, but industrial hemp growth remains banned.
I know that there have been times in American history where is was a citizen's patriotic duty to grow hemp (to help support the economy/war effort)...but I don't know if it was ever illegal not to (that would be involuntary servitude to say that someone MUST grow something or else be in violation of the law).
Either way, I think that hemp is a very useful crop that could realistically help us out of our current financial crisis.
i agree, hemp and biodiesel all the way. but i read that hemp actually doesnt yield as much oil per acre than canola and sunflower. do other sources agree with your statement?
probably true that some crops yield more than hemp. However, remember the speaker is talking about feral (wild) hemp, which produces tons of more seeds to be converted into oil. The word feral is the magic key.
Biodiesel made from hemp DOES burn more efficiently than a lot of fuels-including other biofuels....which particular fuel did you want to compare it to d0peY12?
FlyMusic: Yes, there is significant evidence that hemp does yield more fuel per acre than conola, sunflower, corn, and many other biofuels. (Though I have heard that flax produces more oil per seed than hemp...I'm not sure if that is accurate and I have not yet compared the difference in number of aproximate seeds per acre...)
@flymusicbikealot im not sure how long those take to grow but hemp fully grows in about 2 months with no fertilizer almost anywhere. it also grows around 10feet tall with the rest of the plant (not seeds) that can be used to make biodegradable plastic and so much more. remember its 77% cellulose
@flymusicbikealot I think hemp has the higher oil yield but, more importantly, while you're making oil out of the seeds, you can also make methanol or ethanol out of the stalks. Paper, food, rope, 2 kinds of fuel... there's no end to it except the oil-company-owned politicians. You can search and sign industrial hemp and marijuana petitions at change.org.
He is talking about just letting them grow wild (feral), with no interference. That way you have both males and females - with males polinating the females (with pollen), and MORE seeds forming because of the pollination. (The seed is compressed into oil).
what i meant to say was that when he refers specifically to low thc hemp (which they are allowing even though it doesn't have a good yield) he's talking about breeding only males. people were thinking that he was talking about pollinated plants, which to most smokers is considered low thc.
he's not talking about breeding only males. he's talking about letting male and female plants live together and fuck so they can create seeds. the seeds grow on the female after the male pollinates her - just like a human being. Yep - you're right I think he made point of a feral hemp crop being "low thc", meaning that it is not something that kids would wanna try to get high off of because all they would get is a headache.
I understand the process of pollination, I'm just saying "low thc" means just the males. Feral hemp is better because it produces seeds, and males don't; but the government will only let you grow males because you can't smoke them.
people need to realize that nothing about industrial hemp, is desirable for smoking or "getting high". Wake up! Industrial hemp is not psychoactive! It's safe to use for fuel, paper, food, textiles, building materials....etc.
YEAH BURN OUR FOOD!!! sure, we can grow more, but hell lets burn it so more people have to pay more for what we are already too lazy to grow in the first place
We're not too lazy. The Farm Bill is written to reward industrial farming which generally grows crap food (corn syrup-style corn for animal feed and sugar.) We could get more calories out of the land to feed the world without tanking the food commodities market.
The reason we don't rewrite it, is because the food commodities growers & owners like the high prices scarcity brings, and because they are the 2nd strongest lobby here in D.C. behind the Insurance industry. And b/c we think its boring.
not all biofuels come from food crops, so there IS potential for biofuels to be a good thing, such as fuel from algae. Opponents of biofuel from algae, will tell you that ALL biofuel is bad, when in fact some of it is a good idea. True, food crops should NEVER be used for fuel, because it drives the price of food up! Tell you reps this.
I think I understand what he means. If one grows large buds, but they are all fertilized one has a lot of seeds. While Hemp strains do not make large buds. The moment Cannabis is fertilized it stops with making Cannabinoids. So buds that contain almost only seeds are not attractive for people that look for Ganja, psycho active Cannabis flowers.
Hemp oil should be eaten by people. It has a perfect balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fat acids. One can better use the Cannabis wood core to make alcohol of it. At the time Ford came with his engines on the market it was very common to run on alcohol. In Brazil it is now-a-days very normal.
However, diesel from Hemp Oil is of course a better choice than mineral oil diesel. That's clear.
i support hemp for all of its wonderful uses... but for anyone truly interested in it for its bio-diesel and how much better it is than soy, and corn etc. should check out algae based biofuel.... its the tits!
so let me get this straight. you grow your acre of hemp. squeeze out your 100 to 120 of clean fuel, and then you've still got 2 tonnes of nutritional goodness to shift?
exactly...after the oil is fried for cooking then is converted to fuel for a car. It works and I have a friend that pays a restaurant for it and then converts it. It works on my car...there are solutions. The big oil companies made 36bil. by mid of the year in profits...not my $ was involved.
Hemp is an extremely fast growing crop, producing more fiber yield per acre than any other source. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber than cotton and 600% more fiber than flax using the same amount of land. The amount of land needed for obtaining equal yields of fiber place hemp at an advantage over other fibers.
Hemp is an extremely fast growing crop, producing more fiber yield per acre than any other source. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber than cotton and 600% more fiber than flax using the same amount of land. The amount of land needed for obtaining equal yields of fiber place hemp at an advantage over other fibers.
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO POST ABOUT Ever notice hnow any really good vids about the uses of hemp and how its not completely impractical, and the bio diesel isnt going to fuckup ur engine-all stuff like this always takes forever to load and stops n starts...
Hemp as a biodiesel solution is better than the grains (corn/soybean)currently being used. Switchgrass is better yet though since it has much more biomass than the grains or hemp
@SeattleGuy1968 - All we would need would be 6 to 10% of the farmable land in the United States for industrial hemp production to supply virtually all our industrial needs. Hemp can be grown on marginal lands where other crops will fail including semiarid and virtually arid lands! This can revitalize marginal communities.
We should actually get rid of combustion engines to keep the use of energy sustainable. Use wind, water and sun for energy-source. Biodiesel is an option in the mantime, maybe, but still to have to plant vast areas of the world with plants that we use for fuel would make this planet uninhabitable also. I salute your effort, but we have to do so much more and fast too. It is not a question of fuel anymore; it is a question of survival. If we plant too much for fuel, some people dont eat..
Check out the use of algae for fuel (I have a video here on that subject, too) It is a clean source of fuel that could be grown in tall buildings, or on huge barges floating on the ocean. Algal fuel is a long time coming, though. Solving the transportation / fuel problem will require multiple solutions - many of them are just political solutions. To keep the U.S. economy going, we'd probably need to even drill more petro oil in Alaska, etc, AND develop alternative fuels.
the govts of the world need our help - (in fact, we are the govt) - petroleum fuel will soon be unfeasible, because of its great cost - if you are interested in developing new fuels, NOW is the time to get involved! Go fo it, bendertl31!
Youi are right, we need to make it clear to the government again that it is THE PEOPLE who govern themselves thru representatives. We have given way too mnuch power to the corporate money-adoring profiteers. How can we let the world be run by unscrupulous people who only think in terms of profit? They will instste global slavery to keep them profits coming; it is becoming a blatant outrage again...
...What we can do is actually stop being a brainless consumer of entertainment and nutritionless food.Dump yer teevee and stop eating bitesized wrapped in plastic products, off an industrial assembly line. Natural beings need natural foods, whatever people say or think about it.90% of what this society produces has a negative effect on Nature, our own species and the planet. AT LEAST 90% OF THE WORK WE DO IS OBSOLETE. Unnatural, too rich food makes the people obese and docile. Dont be a slave.
Hemp will probably be PART of the energy solution - algae is another great source of bio-fuels. You're right - when possible, electric cars would be better to drive than a combustion engine, especially commuter cars in cities. Also, biofuels should never be made from food sources, such as corn, because it raises the costs of food, which is a big NO-NO. Make it happen, Generation Stealth!
He had a point until "Bush..uhh..cronies...uh regime" despite the fact that those people (ME oil producers) have been raping us for decades. Keep the politics out when making your point, idiot.
Hold up here... you need the seeds and the THC, which is needed for medical use. Dont you guys know the USA gov has its own marijuana farm in missisippi? It uses that, among many reasons, to supply meds under the 1978 (NDIA) ruling of Randall Vs US.Medical marijusana, which still applies today. See folks,one rule for govt, one for you. mONOPOLY, PROFIT, POWER.Legalise it completely, thc's included.
Grow HEMP! Ethanol can be derived from cannabis, the trees are saved, the air is clean, the soil is perfect, the wildlife is cared for, it needs NO pesticides. It replaces OIL. Go on, run from the solution...and while your at it, run from the cure. I can think of 75,ooo reasons to use a herb that has a 10000 year GOOD, GLOBAL history. All most can think of is smoking it causes axe murderers. Who told you that??? Oh ya, dupont. Whos among those behind all this bio-fuel, wood burning, no food BS??
the people who maintain the monopolies for themselves will some day see that they can make even more money with new technologies that are being suppressed merely for political reasons. I mean, they certainly have the money to change over production to new products. Of course hemp and algae should be used more for fuel and other products. Petroleum fuels are becoming economically un-feasible.
I would rather have my biodiesel made from hemp than the usual soy and rapeseed. The algae shit will take a while to implement. All the while, hemp can be implemented today.
Praise be to all the other Biodiesel users out there
I really don't think hemp seed is good since algae produce about 100,000 gallons of diesel per acre. And i by product could be be used to make energy drink!
If we produced fuel from both algae and hemp, we'd have more food sources, instead of less like when we used corn for ethanol. It's completely retarded to use food crops for fuel, since it causes food shortages and food cost increases.
Hemp is A) grown in otherwise unused arid ground with minimal need for improvements or water B) MUCH more useful in all forms for MANY other products.
if someone can figure out a way to produce fuel from algae that is grown in tall towers, or algae-growth-units floating on the ocean, then we would not have to sacrifice tillable food-producing acreage to produce that fuel. The biggest mistake we are making right now, is using food crops to make fuel.
the UK found a large hemp biodiesel market could drive up the prices of food. Gotta be careful of propaganda which is a good idea + no objective research.
food prices are already being driven up with the widescale production of fuel from corn right now. (and other food crops). This video points out that more fuel can be made PER ACRE, using hemp, than most other crops. The UK uses elephant grass to make fuel, which is even more productive than hemp for fuel.
Burning water for fuel seems like "the" ultimate fuel to use. I have heard of this idea, but never seen a working model. I would like to see some working prototypes of that engine.
why do you think that? Separating hydrogen and oxygen from water is already in use on every nuclear submarine. It is just the matter of time,since someonebuilds proper and efficeint enough separator. ...
Does the water engine require a lot of electrical power in order to create the reaction for it to run? How are the current water engine prototypes sparking that reaction? Can the water engine produce enough energy to both drive a vehicle AND provide the electrical charge needed to fire the engine off?
Yes! the only low-cost modification you need is to change out the hoses so they are compatible with biodiesel, and even that you can put off for a while. Check into biodiesel!
This may sound rude and offensive to some of the heavier set, but bacon grease burns and so does whale blubber oil. If we can make bio fuel from discarded kitchen grease, than why not from animal fats or even human fat sources. Think liposuction diesel!
Everyone knows we are the fattest country in th world and we have yet an un-tapped or un- sucked resource!
Algae is way better then that. Even with the current technology an acre/foot of water will produce over 7,000 gallons, and potentially can reach more than 12,000 gallons.
"**HEMP (Biomass, Fastest growing plant, 90% cleaner than Diese**
Um, not to burst your bubble but just to meet the 7 billion gallons of gas used A DAY in the US alone would require l,179,487,179 acres of Hemp A DAY...tere is only 301,621,157 Acres of farmland in the US.
Likewise the Amount of Corn needed to fill a 20 Gallon tank with Biofuel could feed a family of 7 for a whole year and if we were to use all the corn grown in the US for a Whole year we can meet gas needs in US for 1 Day "
On the uside, because hemp grows 3x faster then corn a Year worth of Hemp can support the 7 billion gallon of gas need in the US alone for 3 days instead of a Year worth of Corn's 1 day
Striping all plant matter in all 50 states and converting it to biofuels will meet the 7 billion gallons of gas needed daily in the US for a Day and a Half
Point it Biofuels isn't the answer, the Combustion Engine needs to be replaced..period
It is a bad idea to use a food crop as a source for fuel, because when fuel prices go up, then the FOOD prices will go up! (very dangerous situation). The cost of corn goes up, with the production of corn-based ethanol. -of course, hemp can be used as a food, too....I believe that algae is one of the very best sources. From Fryer to the Fuel Tank is a great book!
I think you have your measurements incorrect. You put hemp amount in gallons. There is about 6 lbs to a gallon (280x6=1680lb oil/acre). Also this figure is for low THC (0.2%) industrial hemp. How much would you get from 35% THC hemp?
The water must be in a temperature range that will support the specific algal species being grown. Nutrients must be controlled so algae will not be "starved" and so that nutrients will not be wasted. Light must not be too strong nor too weak
"Prohibition of Cannabis Sativa disallows the most cultivable, optimum dry biomass plant species on Earth, uniquely and immediately capable of the economical replacement of all Mankind's use of high-pollutant, costly fuels and uranium, for energy, petro-chemical products, gasoline and plastics." (FCDA)
According to the FCDA Report, "By pyrolysis conversion, biomass delivers 5,000 - 8,000 BTU's per pound [weight]. It is calculated that only 6 per cent of the agricultural land area of the contiguous United States would now produce more than sufficient Cannabis Biomass to supply all current demand for gasoline, diesel and oil for that energy-voracious country.
"From only 2 crops (8 months, temperate climate) each acre will produce not less than 20 tons of Cannabis Biomass, which yield 2,000 gallons of methanol."
Do you have any references supporting your claim? There Hemp is legal in Canada, but I have not found any references to it being used as biomass there.
"According to the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA), Canada's production of hemp has increased from 4,000 acres in 2002 to over 24,000 acres in 2005" per 3xw tinyurldotcom / 6qhj2q Also per that alliance "Retail sales of all Canadian- derived hemp seed products are now estimated to be as high as $20- $40 million USD annually." under 'production' - 'markets'. Despite that and finding lots of other people looking to use hemp oil for fuel, there are no numbers on the subject to be found so far.
The worlds lakes and streams are polluted with extra nitrogen runoff. Also the lakes and deltas need dredging. This water, nitrogen and silt is an ideal source of growing medium for algae. Add passive solar heating, and you don't need to pay much to raise the temp, depending on your latitude. The pond or tube system also collects heat itself. A simple pond can be covered with plastic,all or in part, to adjust temp also.
TOO bad us is building all these ethanol plants, we are basically trading water for corn fuel.. It takes soo much water to grow corn, stupid to ethanol, the pollution could even be greater! but HEMP! we NEED HEMP BIO DIESEL<<< Not corn.
another reason not to use corn as a fuel source, is because it will drive up the price of corn, BIG TIME. We must not use food crops, or tillable acreage used to grow food, to produce fuel! Let's start thinking algae for fuel.
gmfutube, yes, making fuel from food crops is one of the most idiotic ideas to happen on this planet. What it will do, is drive FOOD prices up so high that people cannot afford to eat. Green fuel is good, but it must be made from a crop that does not compete economically with crops that are food staples. Spread the word! This is important!
Jesus used Hemp. Its illegal to outlaw it under the 1st amendment. violates freedom of religion. No law shall be made that imperges on the constatution from any state or local law enforcement. Any law is void. Constatution is Hemp, and the Decleration of Independance is Hemp. Theres Hemp in the White House!
Hemp plants produce more biomass for fiber than any other plant in the world. Even trees. Over 80% of all the oil on earth from dinosaur fossils is gone. Forever. Using fossil fuels in coal and gasoline cost less than hemp fuel. Still, following our current path, puts a lot of sulfur into the air and this causes acid-rain. Makes us dependent on the Middle East oil. Our citizens are letting Big Corp America greed keep hemp outlawed. It cuts into their profits!
Using corn to make fuel drives up the cost of feed and will drive up the price of milk and butter too. You can grow twice the amount of Hemp than you can corn. Our forefathers used Hemp and it was the right thing to do; we need to allow our farmers to grow it so we don't have to pay to import our Hemp products.
I agree - using corn and other such crops that take up a ton of acreage is outright dumb. Hemp would be a great source for fuel; however, algae is looking to be the miracle source for fuel. Fuel from algae is being manufactured in New Zealand now.
The entire BS about corn is one of the worst frauds on people yet.
Already the poor in Mexico are having trouble even buying tortillas thanks to the manipulation of the corn market and the huge farms looking to produce bio fuels have squeezed out those producing food for locals.
right on! make some biodiesel, use the rest, clean the air, make some rope, paper, clothes, food, and whatever is left over make use of that, get the munchies and go support your local restaurants and economy.
Hemp sounds like the United States' sugar cane. Much better than growing corn for fuel.
Check the playlist "Energy, Policy, and Climate Change", a collection of more than 50 videos. Click on user name "apheta" in this comment and then click on playlists.
i think its time to stuff the corporartes who runs the goovernments. Givernment for the people buy the people only comes from your real vote. That vote is for you to think how and with who you spend your next dollar.
Hemp shows how how corporate interest have diverted governements and the public from our gice from the univers , a plant that can help us keep transport moinvg , clothe us, make paper, house us and even feed us.
I want a real world not the crap being presented to us.
TOMHBOMB1963 4 months ago
Fight for the Hemp and marijuana rights.. The lands is ours not the governments..
PaintTrains 9 months ago
RON PAUL 2012 END THE DRUG WARS!!
wtfjaftw 1 year ago
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nielss4 1 year ago
@nielss4 are you like still in grade school or just mentally stuck there? Stripping the land for wood will stop due to the fact that they use hemp bi-product to make paper and building supplies. Food wont be affected, hemp is a crop rotation plant that actually adds nutritional valve back to the soil making the soil better to grow food. Not to mention Hemp can be grown hydroponic with little nutrients needed, on a continuous cycle so it could produce tons of hemp daily with a large enough systm
JStorch87 1 year ago
@nielss4 are you like still in grade school or just mentally stuck there? Stripping the land for wood will stop due to the fact that they use hemp bi-product to make paper and building supplies. Food wont be affected, hemp is a crop rotation plant that actually adds nutritional valve back to the soil making the soil better to grow food. Not to mention Hemp can be grown hydroponic with little nutrients needed, on a continuous cycle so it could produce tons of hemp daily with a large enough syst
JStorch87 1 year ago
Biodiesel is by far one of the stupidest ideas for alternative fuel sources that I've ever come across for one simple reason: It's not sustainable.
In order to produce enough biodiesel to supplant current demand for oil, we would need to convert vast amounts of currently food-producing regions to biodiesel production. Stripping the last few fertile inches of farmsoil left dry of nutrients in order to run our cars is not only failing to solve the current problem: it could cause us to starve.
Keinlicht 1 year ago
@Keinlicht you can get 400 gallons of biofuel to one acre of hemp, do the math dumbass, and it can be grown anywhere. You can grow the shit in your backyard, or anywhere for that matter, there is plenty of land in this world to do this, and when u harvest, you can plant more, hemp takes no nutrients out of the soil, but puts back a whole bunch, so starve, I think not. Get your facts straight moron.
222BUDA 11 months ago
@222BUDA "hemp takes no nutrients from the soil" Seriously i don't think i even need to respond after that :P
Keinlicht 11 months ago
@Keinlicht grow hemp as the crop
lylemacmac 10 months ago
@Keinlicht
Maybe research hemp first.
HAHAHA too bad hemp revitalizes the soil AND produces the HEALTHIEST food around!!! So that effectively counters both sides of your argument.
Sounds like a way better idea than pulling up fossil fuels from the ground and destroying water supplies with fracking, deson't it?
Xgames13 8 months ago
@Xgames13 Your use of superlatives really doesn't make you more credible.
It may be the case that Hemp reintroduces nitrogen into the soil, I don't know the biochemical characteristics of its growth patterns. The thing is that i see Biodiesel production as simply moving the problem back one step: crop production requires natural gas extraction (when using fertilizer), and it still doesn't solve the problem of emissions.
Keinlicht 8 months ago
@Keinlicht
If you put legumes into the crop rotation you don't need fertilizer. Also I believe a certain US university has studied a crop rotation and grown it on one plot of land for 100 years with no artificial fertilizer, with no soil degradation.
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz Great, now explain why we should waste fertile land on growing fuel again?
Using biodiesel isn't progression, we'd need to ween ourselves off it too, eventually.
Keinlicht 7 months ago
@Keinlicht
huh? What do you want to replace it with eh? Fart power?
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz Don't you grasp the fact that any combustion process gives off emissions?
Electrically powered cars have been a viable commuter option for decades, and if they ever catch favor with car companies it seems only natural that most personal transport could be converted. Why switch to biodiesel, when we're just going to have to switch again anyways?
Keinlicht 7 months ago
@Keinlicht
You do realize you are only kicking the can down the line? That electric power world wide comes mostly from coal, and small amounts from hydro or nuclear? Solar and wind are negligible, they are less than 2% worldwide total.
And if you make a sustainable crop rotation without a need for fertilizer (possible with clover in crop rotation) then you will have sustainable biodiesel you don't need to switch.
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz Doesn't matter. The key is efficiency. Electric engines are vastly more efficient at turning 1kj of energy into motion than internal combustion engines.
I realize relying on coal isn't a good idea, but frankly the suburban lifestyle of 2 cars per family isn't sustainable no matter what drives it. THAT is the main issue that really makes 'alternative' energy meaningless to discuss.
Keinlicht 7 months ago
@Keinlicht
I agree. More use of urban mass transit that would be acceptable to all is a better way forward. But the problem I am trying to point out that electricity has to be generated (loss of energy), and that has to be generated from some source. This source, usually then has to transfer this energy over long distances (further loss) etc. and this has to charge a battery (loss also). Batteries do not give back 100% of energy used to charge, which then goes to an power regulator (loss) which
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz Even taking a standard lead-acid battery will usually give you back 75% of its charge, and the remaining 25% isn't lost. It just can't be used without damaging the battery.
While there is some net energy loss in charging/discharging, its trivial to the inefficiency of an internal combustion engine, which only creates 250j of useful energy per kJ of fuel burned. Its the engine that's the main problem, not the fuel.
Keinlicht 7 months ago
@Keinlicht
You did not mention the entire chain though > Primary Energy Souce > inefficiency of power generation > inefficiency of transmission > inefficiency of converting to DC. That gives high numbers.
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz True enough, I wonder how the numbers would truly stack up when compared.. Although I do remember some study that noted a 100% conversion to electric even using coal would release fewer emissions than currently are produced, though I could be misremembering.
Either way, mass production of energy will necessarily result in higher net yield, by virtue of sheer scale. I think that centralized energy generation will be a must regardless of how its done.
Keinlicht 7 months ago
@Keinlicht
Yes I agree, central generation is more efficient due to economy of scale and lower heat losses from the source and higher efficiencies due to a hotter source possible.
Yes, I also remember somewhere reading that an electric vehicle conversion would mean lower total emissions. I would think that using central signalling to chargers on vehicles would result in a flatter profile of power demand, allowing maximum efficiency of all deployed plants, resulting in lower net pollution
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
@52111centrumcz
only then is used to power the motor, which is also not 100% efficient. The only positives of using battery powered cars connected to the grid that I can percieve is if you use a lot of unstable low energy density sources of electricity like wind and/or solar. That way you can use the batteries when commanded by a voltage regulator to prevent voltage spikes in the power grid, and store charge when there is too much production and too little demand in the grid.
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Hemp is banned because it goes against capitalism. Anyone can easily grow it. It can easily be processed. You can make nearly everything out of it and it lasts forever. Where is the profit in this? This is the one and only reason hemp is illegal.
MrSafetymeeting 1 year ago
it's important we remember that government are against anything that has the potential to become self sufficient. Biofuels have the potential to be turned into mass scale home production as technology advances but the government are against methods that eliminate the possibility of people being reliant on there way of life which ensure we our lives are ensalved for them. ITs sad that they do everythign to ensure they maintain control of every aspect of our lifes. they hate independence
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offertorycardiacml 1 year ago
"Let's give petro oil related companies huge monetary incentive to change over to bio-fuels."
screw the oil companies!!! you dont think they've known the potential of biofuels? you dont think John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil) had ulterior motives when he was providing financial support to the "alcohol" prohibition movement?
remember, there was a time not so long ago when there wasn't a service station on every corner but there was a still on every farm ;o)
ALITL8 1 year ago 5
@ALITL8 That's a nice thought, but good luck overcoming the political / economic power of the petro companies. It's not that I love petro companies - it's just that I know that common sense does not over-power political power.
SeattleGuy1968 1 year ago
@SeattleGuy1968 "You may say that I'm a dreamer; But [hopefully] I'm not the only one"
i used to work for big oil, i'm well aware of how much power they wield in the politics. don't let that frighten you, sometimes all it takes is enough people with common sense. like the guys that wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. that was a pretty bold move even by today's standards... oh yea, and they grew hemp ;o)
ALITL8 1 year ago
@SeattleGuy1968
Simple...grow it where its not seen, make it to bio-fuel, and do the rest legally. You just have to make sure there isn't an idiot (government employee) anywhere within dozens of miles.
52111centrumcz 7 months ago
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yahwaya2z 1 year ago
algae will do 10,000 gallons per acre.
why arent we using hemp for fuel?
rockondon 1 year ago
does hemp produce more fuel than algea?
mizzoulibertarian 2 years ago
@mizzoulibertarian should it matter? both are viable, renewable sources of energy.
ALITL8 1 year ago
Yep! I am a flagger. They need to give us hazard pay for having to breath fumes from the vehicles going by all day. I found it so funny when someone yelled at me about the hazard of smoking as they drove their smoking car past me. Are these people willing to stop driving the gas fueled cars in return for me to stop smoking?
gypsy1961 2 years ago
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PsycitzoFREEK 2 years ago
If we started using hemp for fuel, we wouldn't have to pay another cent for fuel. This stuff should be grown on a grand scale. #1 Clothing, #1 Paper source, #1 fuel, #1 Medicine, #1 EVERYTHING. We need a hemp-based economy, this world is doomed if we don't start using this gift from nature.
Xgames13 2 years ago 9
@Xgames13 they want it doomed they are trying to reduce the worlds pop by 90%
plasmaticcanabis 2 weeks ago
Did he say 'according to the Zionists at PSU'. He probably said something else but it sounds a lot like it.
DaveIrie 2 years ago
lol it was probably scientists
DaveIrie 2 years ago
I'll probably spontaneously combust soon unless this stupidity is put an end to. We have the same idiotic reasoning in Norway, that you could potentially hide high-THC plants in the field. Never mind the different look/size. If the US government does something, Norway usually jumps on the train, pretty fast.
fleskebille 2 years ago
Preaching hemp is usually a social conditioning tactic to get people use to the idea of things like hemp and marijuana. Marijuana as "medicine" & hemp as fuel are "smoke screens" of conditioning. I'm sure nobody is apposed to hemp including me, but don't think for a minute that hemp won't be use to disguise the growing and transporting of pot! When I find a hemp advocate I find a pot smoker nearly every time. Burning anything for power is not smart, heat is what we need and geothermal is it.
russianextwasteland 2 years ago
ArtGoddess8 is right: they're 2 different kinds of plants, form the same family. Learn how to use niternet also for learn something, moron
diabelek80 2 years ago
Yes but on the other hand GO FUCK YOURSELF
russianextwasteland 2 years ago
Tipical answer rom brainless without anything to say... jeez, you're sooo small...get a life(&some more books)
diabelek80 2 years ago
first off, your an idiot, please do use the internet to learn stuff,
if someone wanted to grow pot, they sure as hell would never want to grow anywhere near a hemp farm, or any hemp plants what so ever, hemp plants are male and give off pollen from their pollen sacs, pot plants that grow nug are female and get pollenated by males creating seeds, if a pot plant gets pollunated by a hemp plant the pot plants potency gets cut IN HALF, so why would a pothead want low potent pot????
get a life
rwalton6 2 years ago
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rwalton6 2 years ago
There is a HUGE difference between hemp and marijuana.
Hemp is grown for it's fiber, oils, and other industrial uses and does not contain enough THC to get a person high.
Marijuana, on the other hand includes THC and a variety of other mind/body altering chemicals that may be used for recreational or medicinal purposes.
Both hemp and marijuana come from the same genus, cannabis which is banned in the US.
13 states legalized medical marijuana use, but industrial hemp growth remains banned.
ArtGoddess8 3 years ago 2
did you know that during the revolutionary war (im pretty sure) it was illegal not to grow hemp.
how times have changed.
d0peY12 2 years ago
I know that there have been times in American history where is was a citizen's patriotic duty to grow hemp (to help support the economy/war effort)...but I don't know if it was ever illegal not to (that would be involuntary servitude to say that someone MUST grow something or else be in violation of the law).
Either way, I think that hemp is a very useful crop that could realistically help us out of our current financial crisis.
ArtGoddess8 2 years ago 2
And during World War 2 also!
PsycitzoFREEK 2 years ago
i agree, hemp and biodiesel all the way. but i read that hemp actually doesnt yield as much oil per acre than canola and sunflower. do other sources agree with your statement?
flymusicbikealot 3 years ago
hi flymusic,
probably true that some crops yield more than hemp. However, remember the speaker is talking about feral (wild) hemp, which produces tons of more seeds to be converted into oil. The word feral is the magic key.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
I also heard that hemp biodiesel burns more efficiently. Is this true?
d0peY12 2 years ago
Biodiesel made from hemp DOES burn more efficiently than a lot of fuels-including other biofuels....which particular fuel did you want to compare it to d0peY12?
FlyMusic: Yes, there is significant evidence that hemp does yield more fuel per acre than conola, sunflower, corn, and many other biofuels. (Though I have heard that flax produces more oil per seed than hemp...I'm not sure if that is accurate and I have not yet compared the difference in number of aproximate seeds per acre...)
ArtGoddess8 2 years ago
@flymusicbikealot im not sure how long those take to grow but hemp fully grows in about 2 months with no fertilizer almost anywhere. it also grows around 10feet tall with the rest of the plant (not seeds) that can be used to make biodegradable plastic and so much more. remember its 77% cellulose
pspkid225 1 year ago
@flymusicbikealot I think hemp has the higher oil yield but, more importantly, while you're making oil out of the seeds, you can also make methanol or ethanol out of the stalks. Paper, food, rope, 2 kinds of fuel... there's no end to it except the oil-company-owned politicians. You can search and sign industrial hemp and marijuana petitions at change.org.
dfesteelguitar 1 week ago
when he says low thc hemp, he's talking about male plants
FunkSquared 3 years ago
Hi FunkSquared,
He is talking about just letting them grow wild (feral), with no interference. That way you have both males and females - with males polinating the females (with pollen), and MORE seeds forming because of the pollination. (The seed is compressed into oil).
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
what i meant to say was that when he refers specifically to low thc hemp (which they are allowing even though it doesn't have a good yield) he's talking about breeding only males. people were thinking that he was talking about pollinated plants, which to most smokers is considered low thc.
FunkSquared 3 years ago
Funksquared,
he's not talking about breeding only males. he's talking about letting male and female plants live together and fuck so they can create seeds. the seeds grow on the female after the male pollinates her - just like a human being. Yep - you're right I think he made point of a feral hemp crop being "low thc", meaning that it is not something that kids would wanna try to get high off of because all they would get is a headache.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
I understand the process of pollination, I'm just saying "low thc" means just the males. Feral hemp is better because it produces seeds, and males don't; but the government will only let you grow males because you can't smoke them.
FunkSquared 3 years ago
danny, hemp has nothing to do with thc, please dont reference it together. the two are separate.
tintala 3 years ago
lol @ thc...
people need to realize that nothing about industrial hemp, is desirable for smoking or "getting high". Wake up! Industrial hemp is not psychoactive! It's safe to use for fuel, paper, food, textiles, building materials....etc.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
YEAH BURN OUR FOOD!!! sure, we can grow more, but hell lets burn it so more people have to pay more for what we are already too lazy to grow in the first place
drmagix42 3 years ago
Are my comments not posting?
crock703 3 years ago
We're not too lazy. The Farm Bill is written to reward industrial farming which generally grows crap food (corn syrup-style corn for animal feed and sugar.) We could get more calories out of the land to feed the world without tanking the food commodities market.
The reason we don't rewrite it, is because the food commodities growers & owners like the high prices scarcity brings, and because they are the 2nd strongest lobby here in D.C. behind the Insurance industry. And b/c we think its boring.
crock703 3 years ago
dr magix,
not all biofuels come from food crops, so there IS potential for biofuels to be a good thing, such as fuel from algae. Opponents of biofuel from algae, will tell you that ALL biofuel is bad, when in fact some of it is a good idea. True, food crops should NEVER be used for fuel, because it drives the price of food up! Tell you reps this.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
the diesel engine was made to run on vegetable oil, not biodiesel. there's a big difference
awol09 3 years ago
awol,
yep, I heard that peanut oil was used in the first diesel engines.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
I think I understand what he means. If one grows large buds, but they are all fertilized one has a lot of seeds. While Hemp strains do not make large buds. The moment Cannabis is fertilized it stops with making Cannabinoids. So buds that contain almost only seeds are not attractive for people that look for Ganja, psycho active Cannabis flowers.
TerrierBram 3 years ago
Hemp oil should be eaten by people. It has a perfect balance between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fat acids. One can better use the Cannabis wood core to make alcohol of it. At the time Ford came with his engines on the market it was very common to run on alcohol. In Brazil it is now-a-days very normal.
However, diesel from Hemp Oil is of course a better choice than mineral oil diesel. That's clear.
TerrierBram 3 years ago
It doesnt sound very accurate when you say that plants with more seeds have higher thc, the seedless plants have more potent thc.
DannyOFtod 3 years ago
Hi Danny,
In the video, the speaker is saying that wild plants with seeds have more OIL (for biodiesel fuel) - he's not talking about thc.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
i support hemp for all of its wonderful uses... but for anyone truly interested in it for its bio-diesel and how much better it is than soy, and corn etc. should check out algae based biofuel.... its the tits!
surfthanashawn 3 years ago 2
Exactly, Surf!
ALGAE FOR FUEL! READ UP ON IT! INVEST IN IT!
Hemp can be used to make damn near anything - we might as well use algae for fuel.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
so let me get this straight. you grow your acre of hemp. squeeze out your 100 to 120 of clean fuel, and then you've still got 2 tonnes of nutritional goodness to shift?
2smoke5 3 years ago
YUP YUP!!
Steadno 3 years ago
exactly...after the oil is fried for cooking then is converted to fuel for a car. It works and I have a friend that pays a restaurant for it and then converts it. It works on my car...there are solutions. The big oil companies made 36bil. by mid of the year in profits...not my $ was involved.
butifarra61 3 years ago
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Hemp is an extremely fast growing crop, producing more fiber yield per acre than any other source. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber than cotton and 600% more fiber than flax using the same amount of land. The amount of land needed for obtaining equal yields of fiber place hemp at an advantage over other fibers.
pidos847 3 years ago
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Hemp is an extremely fast growing crop, producing more fiber yield per acre than any other source. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber than cotton and 600% more fiber than flax using the same amount of land. The amount of land needed for obtaining equal yields of fiber place hemp at an advantage over other fibers.
pidos847 3 years ago
I couldn't watch the video. Way too shaky and completely distracting. Hint, hint.
KestrelK1 3 years ago
EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO POST ABOUT Ever notice hnow any really good vids about the uses of hemp and how its not completely impractical, and the bio diesel isnt going to fuckup ur engine-all stuff like this always takes forever to load and stops n starts...
growguyuk 3 years ago
Hemp as a biodiesel solution is better than the grains (corn/soybean)currently being used. Switchgrass is better yet though since it has much more biomass than the grains or hemp
jjhays36 3 years ago 3
GOOGLE SWITCHGRASS.
also check out elephant grass
Yes, using food crops for fuel production is moronic, because it is one factor that is raising the cost of food right now.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
@SeattleGuy1968 - All we would need would be 6 to 10% of the farmable land in the United States for industrial hemp production to supply virtually all our industrial needs. Hemp can be grown on marginal lands where other crops will fail including semiarid and virtually arid lands! This can revitalize marginal communities.
thespeez 1 year ago
We should actually get rid of combustion engines to keep the use of energy sustainable. Use wind, water and sun for energy-source. Biodiesel is an option in the mantime, maybe, but still to have to plant vast areas of the world with plants that we use for fuel would make this planet uninhabitable also. I salute your effort, but we have to do so much more and fast too. It is not a question of fuel anymore; it is a question of survival. If we plant too much for fuel, some people dont eat..
dervishmadwhirler 3 years ago
dervishmadwhirler,
Check out the use of algae for fuel (I have a video here on that subject, too) It is a clean source of fuel that could be grown in tall buildings, or on huge barges floating on the ocean. Algal fuel is a long time coming, though. Solving the transportation / fuel problem will require multiple solutions - many of them are just political solutions. To keep the U.S. economy going, we'd probably need to even drill more petro oil in Alaska, etc, AND develop alternative fuels.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
it's just common fucking sense, but the govts of the world are afraid of what would happen
bendertl31 3 years ago
hi bendertl31,
the govts of the world need our help - (in fact, we are the govt) - petroleum fuel will soon be unfeasible, because of its great cost - if you are interested in developing new fuels, NOW is the time to get involved! Go fo it, bendertl31!
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
Youi are right, we need to make it clear to the government again that it is THE PEOPLE who govern themselves thru representatives. We have given way too mnuch power to the corporate money-adoring profiteers. How can we let the world be run by unscrupulous people who only think in terms of profit? They will instste global slavery to keep them profits coming; it is becoming a blatant outrage again...
dervishmadwhirler 3 years ago
...What we can do is actually stop being a brainless consumer of entertainment and nutritionless food.Dump yer teevee and stop eating bitesized wrapped in plastic products, off an industrial assembly line. Natural beings need natural foods, whatever people say or think about it.90% of what this society produces has a negative effect on Nature, our own species and the planet. AT LEAST 90% OF THE WORK WE DO IS OBSOLETE. Unnatural, too rich food makes the people obese and docile. Dont be a slave.
dervishmadwhirler 3 years ago
many people dont have access to a plot of land for natural food.
jjhays36 3 years ago
I always thought hemp would be a simple solution to our energy needs, would appreciate your imput. Thanks
stealth260785 3 years ago
Hi stealth260785,
Hemp will probably be PART of the energy solution - algae is another great source of bio-fuels. You're right - when possible, electric cars would be better to drive than a combustion engine, especially commuter cars in cities. Also, biofuels should never be made from food sources, such as corn, because it raises the costs of food, which is a big NO-NO. Make it happen, Generation Stealth!
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
Hey, You may not have got my 1st message, theese comments i sent you were from another youtuber, and i needed verification. Thanks for your imput.
stealth260785 3 years ago
He had a point until "Bush..uhh..cronies...uh regime" despite the fact that those people (ME oil producers) have been raping us for decades. Keep the politics out when making your point, idiot.
awachtel 3 years ago
awachtel,
why are we paying $4.29 per gallon of gasoline?
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
Oil speculators for one.
awachtel 3 years ago
"awachtel" Answer: Politics is the vehicle that has driven us to this cliff. Idiot.
Dutchoven08 3 years ago
Ron Paul 2008!
StevePriceMrFremont 3 years ago
More people need to see this video.
Bump for justice.
annadread 3 years ago
Hold up here... you need the seeds and the THC, which is needed for medical use. Dont you guys know the USA gov has its own marijuana farm in missisippi? It uses that, among many reasons, to supply meds under the 1978 (NDIA) ruling of Randall Vs US.Medical marijusana, which still applies today. See folks,one rule for govt, one for you. mONOPOLY, PROFIT, POWER.Legalise it completely, thc's included.
withoutmercyuk 3 years ago
Grow HEMP! Ethanol can be derived from cannabis, the trees are saved, the air is clean, the soil is perfect, the wildlife is cared for, it needs NO pesticides. It replaces OIL. Go on, run from the solution...and while your at it, run from the cure. I can think of 75,ooo reasons to use a herb that has a 10000 year GOOD, GLOBAL history. All most can think of is smoking it causes axe murderers. Who told you that??? Oh ya, dupont. Whos among those behind all this bio-fuel, wood burning, no food BS??
withoutmercyuk 3 years ago
withoutmercyuk,
the people who maintain the monopolies for themselves will some day see that they can make even more money with new technologies that are being suppressed merely for political reasons. I mean, they certainly have the money to change over production to new products. Of course hemp and algae should be used more for fuel and other products. Petroleum fuels are becoming economically un-feasible.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
I would rather have my biodiesel made from hemp than the usual soy and rapeseed. The algae shit will take a while to implement. All the while, hemp can be implemented today.
Praise be to all the other Biodiesel users out there
RichyVapors 3 years ago
vot ron paul 2008 he takes this serious
beefreee 3 years ago
I really don't think hemp seed is good since algae produce about 100,000 gallons of diesel per acre. And i by product could be be used to make energy drink!
aeroscope 3 years ago
If we produced fuel from both algae and hemp, we'd have more food sources, instead of less like when we used corn for ethanol. It's completely retarded to use food crops for fuel, since it causes food shortages and food cost increases.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
Hemp is A) grown in otherwise unused arid ground with minimal need for improvements or water B) MUCH more useful in all forms for MANY other products.
morganmghee 3 years ago 4
is that you talkin
bigwinke 3 years ago
bigwinke,
no, that's not me in the video - I was just an observer in the audience.
SeattleGuy1968 3 years ago
Hell yeah way2go Like your activism! keep on fighting for our country's needs even if our government doesn't want too!
youboob1989 4 years ago
youboob1989,
our government needs all the help it can get
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
algae in a lab might work if fossil fuels are really just temperature-treated sea life over time..
dh234 4 years ago
dh234,
if someone can figure out a way to produce fuel from algae that is grown in tall towers, or algae-growth-units floating on the ocean, then we would not have to sacrifice tillable food-producing acreage to produce that fuel. The biggest mistake we are making right now, is using food crops to make fuel.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
the UK found a large hemp biodiesel market could drive up the prices of food. Gotta be careful of propaganda which is a good idea + no objective research.
dh234 4 years ago
dh234,
food prices are already being driven up with the widescale production of fuel from corn right now. (and other food crops). This video points out that more fuel can be made PER ACRE, using hemp, than most other crops. The UK uses elephant grass to make fuel, which is even more productive than hemp for fuel.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
Why to grow hemp,to process it to fuel,if we can produce fuel from pure water already? Also its much cleaner and only emission from it is water?
Marekerm 4 years ago
Marekerm,
Burning water for fuel seems like "the" ultimate fuel to use. I have heard of this idea, but never seen a working model. I would like to see some working prototypes of that engine.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
You are another victim of the water fuel fraud because you have no knowledge in chemistry and physics.
texasgringooo 4 years ago
why do you think that? Separating hydrogen and oxygen from water is already in use on every nuclear submarine. It is just the matter of time,since someonebuilds proper and efficeint enough separator. ...
Marekerm 4 years ago
Marekerm,
Does the water engine require a lot of electrical power in order to create the reaction for it to run? How are the current water engine prototypes sparking that reaction? Can the water engine produce enough energy to both drive a vehicle AND provide the electrical charge needed to fire the engine off?
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
can you run a diesel engine on these biodiesels without modification of the engine?
brothadave 4 years ago
brothadave,
Yes! the only low-cost modification you need is to change out the hoses so they are compatible with biodiesel, and even that you can put off for a while. Check into biodiesel!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
This may sound rude and offensive to some of the heavier set, but bacon grease burns and so does whale blubber oil. If we can make bio fuel from discarded kitchen grease, than why not from animal fats or even human fat sources. Think liposuction diesel!
Everyone knows we are the fattest country in th world and we have yet an un-tapped or un- sucked resource!
slometal64 4 years ago 2
slometal64,
there is already a boat called the Earthrace, that is using human liposuction fat made into fuel. Google the terms Earthrace and biodiesel.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
If we don't make a Major change, the only question our grandchildren will be asking is:
What the fuck was wrong with you people?
gmfutube 4 years ago
Algae is way better then that. Even with the current technology an acre/foot of water will produce over 7,000 gallons, and potentially can reach more than 12,000 gallons.
blarelli 4 years ago
blarelli,
yes, algae is the future!
if you have any current information or web sources, please post here. thanks!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
good information--- i just hope that the right folks will see this and take notes!!!!
mhevalow 4 years ago
mhevalow,
you ARE the right folks! spread the word
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
"**HEMP (Biomass, Fastest growing plant, 90% cleaner than Diese**
Um, not to burst your bubble but just to meet the 7 billion gallons of gas used A DAY in the US alone would require l,179,487,179 acres of Hemp A DAY...tere is only 301,621,157 Acres of farmland in the US.
Likewise the Amount of Corn needed to fill a 20 Gallon tank with Biofuel could feed a family of 7 for a whole year and if we were to use all the corn grown in the US for a Whole year we can meet gas needs in US for 1 Day "
stealth260785 3 years ago
**Where did you get your info anyway?**
department of Agriculture.
On the uside, because hemp grows 3x faster then corn a Year worth of Hemp can support the 7 billion gallon of gas need in the US alone for 3 days instead of a Year worth of Corn's 1 day
Striping all plant matter in all 50 states and converting it to biofuels will meet the 7 billion gallons of gas needed daily in the US for a Day and a Half
Point it Biofuels isn't the answer, the Combustion Engine needs to be replaced..period
stealth260785 3 years ago
I agree with you totally. I'm actually living down in mexico now, learning how to use biodiesel to provide power for orphaniges. I love it down here!
lebedda 4 years ago
here are some statistics:
Oil Palm: 4,585 lb oil/acre
Coconut: 2,070 lb oil/acre
Rapeseed: 915 lb oil/acre
peanut: 815 lb oil/acre
sunflower:720 lb oil/acre
soybean: 345 lb oil/acre
hemp: 280 lb oil/acre
sorry, I think this guy is full of crap. Do your homework. Source: From the fryer to the fuel tank, by Joshua Tickell
lebedda 4 years ago
lebedda,
It is a bad idea to use a food crop as a source for fuel, because when fuel prices go up, then the FOOD prices will go up! (very dangerous situation). The cost of corn goes up, with the production of corn-based ethanol. -of course, hemp can be used as a food, too....I believe that algae is one of the very best sources. From Fryer to the Fuel Tank is a great book!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
I think you have your measurements incorrect. You put hemp amount in gallons. There is about 6 lbs to a gallon (280x6=1680lb oil/acre). Also this figure is for low THC (0.2%) industrial hemp. How much would you get from 35% THC hemp?
sempergh 4 years ago
ALGAE Oil-
The water must be in a temperature range that will support the specific algal species being grown. Nutrients must be controlled so algae will not be "starved" and so that nutrients will not be wasted. Light must not be too strong nor too weak
sempergh 4 years ago
"Prohibition of Cannabis Sativa disallows the most cultivable, optimum dry biomass plant species on Earth, uniquely and immediately capable of the economical replacement of all Mankind's use of high-pollutant, costly fuels and uranium, for energy, petro-chemical products, gasoline and plastics." (FCDA)
sempergh 4 years ago 2
According to the FCDA Report, "By pyrolysis conversion, biomass delivers 5,000 - 8,000 BTU's per pound [weight]. It is calculated that only 6 per cent of the agricultural land area of the contiguous United States would now produce more than sufficient Cannabis Biomass to supply all current demand for gasoline, diesel and oil for that energy-voracious country.
sempergh 4 years ago 2
"From only 2 crops (8 months, temperate climate) each acre will produce not less than 20 tons of Cannabis Biomass, which yield 2,000 gallons of methanol."
sempergh 4 years ago 2
sempergh,
thanks, that is some great information. Enjoy your adventure in Mexico!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
Do you have any references supporting your claim? There Hemp is legal in Canada, but I have not found any references to it being used as biomass there.
ronwagn
Ronwagn 4 years ago
"According to the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA), Canada's production of hemp has increased from 4,000 acres in 2002 to over 24,000 acres in 2005" per 3xw tinyurldotcom / 6qhj2q Also per that alliance "Retail sales of all Canadian- derived hemp seed products are now estimated to be as high as $20- $40 million USD annually." under 'production' - 'markets'. Despite that and finding lots of other people looking to use hemp oil for fuel, there are no numbers on the subject to be found so far.
morganmghee 3 years ago
The worlds lakes and streams are polluted with extra nitrogen runoff. Also the lakes and deltas need dredging. This water, nitrogen and silt is an ideal source of growing medium for algae. Add passive solar heating, and you don't need to pay much to raise the temp, depending on your latitude. The pond or tube system also collects heat itself. A simple pond can be covered with plastic,all or in part, to adjust temp also.
Ronwagn 4 years ago
TOO bad us is building all these ethanol plants, we are basically trading water for corn fuel.. It takes soo much water to grow corn, stupid to ethanol, the pollution could even be greater! but HEMP! we NEED HEMP BIO DIESEL<<< Not corn.
tintala 4 years ago
tintala,
another reason not to use corn as a fuel source, is because it will drive up the price of corn, BIG TIME. We must not use food crops, or tillable acreage used to grow food, to produce fuel! Let's start thinking algae for fuel.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
It already has in Mexico.
Drive your SUV on corn and starve a Mexican to death. American neo-con dream.
gmfutube 4 years ago
gmfutube, yes, making fuel from food crops is one of the most idiotic ideas to happen on this planet. What it will do, is drive FOOD prices up so high that people cannot afford to eat. Green fuel is good, but it must be made from a crop that does not compete economically with crops that are food staples. Spread the word! This is important!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
I strongly agree with this video.... My biodiesel truck will kick any ethanol cars ass
blondeguy08 4 years ago
i wish people didnt overlook the benefits of hemp just because the female plant gets you high. you cant even smoke industrial hemp!!!!
shadymay17 4 years ago
ron paul is trying for the second time to make hemp an industrial crop
passitkitdotcom 4 years ago 2
i dont take any alternative fuel article seriously unless it mentions hemp or biodeisel fuels.
check my vid response
jonsjustchillin 4 years ago
Jesus used Hemp. Its illegal to outlaw it under the 1st amendment. violates freedom of religion. No law shall be made that imperges on the constatution from any state or local law enforcement. Any law is void. Constatution is Hemp, and the Decleration of Independance is Hemp. Theres Hemp in the White House!
sleepwalker29 4 years ago
Hemp plants produce more biomass for fiber than any other plant in the world. Even trees. Over 80% of all the oil on earth from dinosaur fossils is gone. Forever. Using fossil fuels in coal and gasoline cost less than hemp fuel. Still, following our current path, puts a lot of sulfur into the air and this causes acid-rain. Makes us dependent on the Middle East oil. Our citizens are letting Big Corp America greed keep hemp outlawed. It cuts into their profits!
7668340 4 years ago
Look Hawthorn bridge. LOL I just noticed this is in Portland Love this city man it kicks ass!
Dolly1973 4 years ago
Yes Dolly1973 - Portland DOES kick ass / RULEZ!
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
Using corn to make fuel drives up the cost of feed and will drive up the price of milk and butter too. You can grow twice the amount of Hemp than you can corn. Our forefathers used Hemp and it was the right thing to do; we need to allow our farmers to grow it so we don't have to pay to import our Hemp products.
wiskawind 4 years ago
I agree - using corn and other such crops that take up a ton of acreage is outright dumb. Hemp would be a great source for fuel; however, algae is looking to be the miracle source for fuel. Fuel from algae is being manufactured in New Zealand now.
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
The entire BS about corn is one of the worst frauds on people yet.
Already the poor in Mexico are having trouble even buying tortillas thanks to the manipulation of the corn market and the huge farms looking to produce bio fuels have squeezed out those producing food for locals.
gmfutube 4 years ago
Please come to overunity dot com and report about your latest progress. Many thanks.
Regards, Stefan. ( admin of overunitydot com)
hartiberlin 4 years ago
Thanks, hartiberlin - you have a great forum at overunity dot com
SeattleGuy1968 4 years ago
right on! make some biodiesel, use the rest, clean the air, make some rope, paper, clothes, food, and whatever is left over make use of that, get the munchies and go support your local restaurants and economy.
DubSession 4 years ago
Hemp sounds like the United States' sugar cane. Much better than growing corn for fuel.
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