http://digg.com/politics/Ron_Paul_in...ndustrial_hemp
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He introduced this back in Feb 2007. It hasn't even been scheduled for debate. It needs more sponsors.
Enemy number 1 of paper companies.Originally Posted by Vendico
"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance." - Murray N. Rothbard
I don't understand why paper companies just don't plant the stuff themselves and make paper out of
Hemp production is not the enemy of Paper producers - they actually compliment one another. The true enemy of Hemp Production is Big Oil Producers! Hemp was once used to make rope for the Navy and was at its peak in WWII - and was Kentucky's main crop! Then scientist learned how to use petroleum to make nylon and other synthetic fibers and lo and behold all of a sudden Hemp is outlawed and synthetics are suddenly "all the rage!"
Actually, it wasn't the big oil producers that lobbied the federal government to outlaw hemp but Dow Chemical. If you can find it, there was a great article published by the Economist a few years back on the foregoing subject and how legalization of drugs is more rational and safer than the current war on drugs. The article even cited some law enforcement officials in support of drug legalization, if I recall.
Hero number one of the people and enviroment.Enemy number 1 of paper companies.
You can make a plastic like substance with hemp. Thus, no more nasty carbon.
You can power cars, etc.
It's nothing like corn, it's far easier to fuel a car with hemp than it is with corn.
Corn is a nightmare to deal with in extracting the oil.
Coal and oil are the most polluting.
Nuclear is polluting because of radiation leaks into the water systems.
Hemp is an amazing potential fuel type that should have been used by now but laws and big oil companies have held it down. It has nothing to do with being able to turn into a drug. It doesn't work like that.
Last edited by xao; 12-05-2007 at 12:02 AM.
I highly recommend everyone to watch this video. Lies from the DEA.
http://www.youtube.com/princeofpot
Hey I wasn't saying that being the enemy of paper companies was a bad thing. I had always heard that it was paper companies that lobbied to outlaw hemp, that's all
"It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance." - Murray N. Rothbard
He introduced on in 2005 as well: http://www.ronpaulsbrain.com/2005/06...p-farming-act/
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