Light Bulb Moment
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The other day when researching facts about hemp for energy, I turned to the site http://www.jackherer.com/thebook/chapter-nine/ . Chapter Nine of Jack Herer's book, "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", made the lightbulb in my head go off.
Read it and see if it does the same thing for you.
In the 1920s, the early oil barons such as Rockefeller of Standard Oil, Rothschild of Shell, etc., became paranoically aware of the possibilities of Henry Ford’s vision of cheap methanol fuel, * and they kept oil prices incredibly low – between $1 and $4 per barrel (there are 42 gallons in an oil barrel) until 1970 – almost 50 years! Then, once they were finally sure of the lack of competition, the price of oil jumped to almost $60+ per barrel over the next 30 years.
'1970'? What happened in the early 70's? Richard Nixon declared war on cannabis. He changed the classification of cannabis and virtually declared war on the plant. Hemp is part of the cannabis family and became an instant casualty. People couldn't even speak of the use of hemp for oil. They even ended up creating a Czar, to silence the voices of reason.
How's that worked out for us? Our economy spins on the whims of the oil companies. IMHO, Richard Nixon could have had more than cannabis on his mind when he eliminated, the oil companies natural competitor. Hemp is a renewable resource, which could be used to replace the plastic now polluting our planet.
The war on cannabis has come at a high price. Maybe even higher than I could have imagined? 'What if' hemp had been available and our dependence and reliance on oil, had not lead us on such a destructive path? 'What if" a plant could have been the answer all along, had we not been moved along to their wrongs, with the invention of a war.
Read it and see if it does the same thing for you.
In the 1920s, the early oil barons such as Rockefeller of Standard Oil, Rothschild of Shell, etc., became paranoically aware of the possibilities of Henry Ford’s vision of cheap methanol fuel, * and they kept oil prices incredibly low – between $1 and $4 per barrel (there are 42 gallons in an oil barrel) until 1970 – almost 50 years! Then, once they were finally sure of the lack of competition, the price of oil jumped to almost $60+ per barrel over the next 30 years.
'1970'? What happened in the early 70's? Richard Nixon declared war on cannabis. He changed the classification of cannabis and virtually declared war on the plant. Hemp is part of the cannabis family and became an instant casualty. People couldn't even speak of the use of hemp for oil. They even ended up creating a Czar, to silence the voices of reason.
How's that worked out for us? Our economy spins on the whims of the oil companies. IMHO, Richard Nixon could have had more than cannabis on his mind when he eliminated, the oil companies natural competitor. Hemp is a renewable resource, which could be used to replace the plastic now polluting our planet.
The war on cannabis has come at a high price. Maybe even higher than I could have imagined? 'What if' hemp had been available and our dependence and reliance on oil, had not lead us on such a destructive path? 'What if" a plant could have been the answer all along, had we not been moved along to their wrongs, with the invention of a war.
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* Henry Ford grew cannabis/hemp/marijuana on his estate after 1937, possibly to prove the cheapness of methanol production at Iron Mountain. He made plastic cars with wheat straw, hemp and sisal. (Popular Mechanics, Dec. 1941, “Pinch Hitters for Defense.”) In 1892, Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel engine, which he intended to fuel “by a variety of fuels, especially vegetable and seed oils.”
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