Another gas price thread. Biodeisel alternative.

[Jabba]

Originally posted by Andy L
This is just MHO, but, here goes.....

The Hemp fuel thing looks to me, from the wording and the site it is on and the links and other stories on that site, like something from High Times magazine. Just another backdoor way to try and get pot legalized. "Yeah man, grow the stuff, you can smoke the bud and make gas out of the stem." Its all plant oil and you can do the same from corn or soybeans or many other plants, Im sure. No reason to legalize drugs to make fuel. Again, thats JMO, and Im sure there are others out there. (BTW, I dont think legalizing marijuana is that bad of an idea. It could be taxed and take some revenue burden off the rest of us, but that is a much better reason than using fuel as an excuse.) It would probably be a good fuel source, if what this article says is true. But how credible is it? Its hard to believe anything that comes from alot of these "pot papers". They have tried every angle for years and will do about anything to get it legal.


Andy

It's all possible. Personally I think gthe marajuana is illegal thing is rediculous, and a waste of resources. I don't smoke it, nor will I if it's legalized, but I'll say again and again, I'd rather be around stoned people than drunk ones, and while I do not condone driving while high... Given the choice, I would rather have stoned people driving than drunk ones.

Maybe corn and soybeans are the way to go in the good farm land places... but from what I understand... marajuana is a weed and will grow almost anywhere. And it makes a lot of biomass every year. Hempseed oil will run as diesel almost unrefined.

I am far from an expert. I still think our best option NOW is nuclear.

Jabba