Hybrid cars and marijuana!
O.K. there really isn't a direct connection between marijuana and hybrid cars.
Still, yesterday, I wrote an entry Marijuana, Hemp, and Hypocrisy discussing a perspective of the Supreme Court ruling affirming federal jurisdiction over state's rights and marijuana.
Essentially, I argued that the issue should have never come before the Supreme Court - this is an issue for Congress and I discuss the hypocrisy behind government campaigns, such as Hemp for Victory and the continued law against growing hemp in America. Basically, since hemp is almost like marijuana - even thought it can't get you 'high' - it still has to be illegal because it is related to marijuana.
Yet, I find myself amused about stories of Henry Ford growing fields of Hemp to fuel his automobiles. And how Dupont and Mellon, Treasury Secretary of the U.S., and petroleum supporter and investor, conspired against hemp - in the guise of marijuana - to eliminate not only a competitor of the petroleum industry, but cotton, tobacco, and almost every other important industry of the day.
Then there are stories of how tire, petroleum, and auto industries bought out the original Los Angeles light-rail system, dismantled it and created freeway sprawl as well as today's most important automotive market - certainly no motive-driven collusion.
Ultimately, the story claims that Ford was against petroleum because it was so dirty - even then, in the early 1900's, oil was dirty and polluting. Ford was interested in biodiesel, hemp-biodiesel, but the robber barons were interested in petroleum.
And where has petroleum taken us?
The damage that foreign oil dependency has caused to America is beyond measure - SMOG, 911, and multiple wars in Iraq are nothing compared to the coming environmental costs.
Yet, Ford sells Ford Explorers and receives a tax advantage from the government because those Explorers 'could' fill up with ethanol gasoline, but don't. Thus, Ford receives a tax credit for fuel efficiency, even though it isn't. Good to see the government hard at work!
American automakers have become incapable of competing in the fuel efficient vehicle segment, so the government creates loopholes and tax incentives for America automakers to increase America's foreign oil dependency. Someday, they've said for decades, fuel cells will take care of the all the world's problems.
Thus, Congress - Democrats and Republicans alike - continue to ignore the importance of fuel efficiency to reduce foreign oil dependence, to help reduce funding for terrorism against the U.S., to help American auto companies become more competitive, and to help the damned environment.
If you don't believe in pollution, stop using your plumbing and just crap in the backyard for a few months and then tell me there is no such thing as pollution or global warming. What is wrong with people?
Those whom argue against global warming constantly try to say the science is not 100%. While that is true, the science? What kind of idiot can say pollution isn't a problem based on science, when the essence of science is based on the principle that for every action is an equal and opposite reaction?
Efficiency is the essence of natural science and fuel efficiency should be a national priority for America, but it isn't. Instead, the U.S. Congress rewards Ford for building gas-guzzling SUVs. Unfortunately, it is obvious that U.S. politicians and corporations represent money, not people.
Demand nothing less than hybrid vehicle efficiency and register to vote! The only thing that can change America, is the people.
Still, yesterday, I wrote an entry Marijuana, Hemp, and Hypocrisy discussing a perspective of the Supreme Court ruling affirming federal jurisdiction over state's rights and marijuana.
Essentially, I argued that the issue should have never come before the Supreme Court - this is an issue for Congress and I discuss the hypocrisy behind government campaigns, such as Hemp for Victory and the continued law against growing hemp in America. Basically, since hemp is almost like marijuana - even thought it can't get you 'high' - it still has to be illegal because it is related to marijuana.
Yet, I find myself amused about stories of Henry Ford growing fields of Hemp to fuel his automobiles. And how Dupont and Mellon, Treasury Secretary of the U.S., and petroleum supporter and investor, conspired against hemp - in the guise of marijuana - to eliminate not only a competitor of the petroleum industry, but cotton, tobacco, and almost every other important industry of the day.
Then there are stories of how tire, petroleum, and auto industries bought out the original Los Angeles light-rail system, dismantled it and created freeway sprawl as well as today's most important automotive market - certainly no motive-driven collusion.
Ultimately, the story claims that Ford was against petroleum because it was so dirty - even then, in the early 1900's, oil was dirty and polluting. Ford was interested in biodiesel, hemp-biodiesel, but the robber barons were interested in petroleum.
And where has petroleum taken us?
The damage that foreign oil dependency has caused to America is beyond measure - SMOG, 911, and multiple wars in Iraq are nothing compared to the coming environmental costs.
Yet, Ford sells Ford Explorers and receives a tax advantage from the government because those Explorers 'could' fill up with ethanol gasoline, but don't. Thus, Ford receives a tax credit for fuel efficiency, even though it isn't. Good to see the government hard at work!
American automakers have become incapable of competing in the fuel efficient vehicle segment, so the government creates loopholes and tax incentives for America automakers to increase America's foreign oil dependency. Someday, they've said for decades, fuel cells will take care of the all the world's problems.
Thus, Congress - Democrats and Republicans alike - continue to ignore the importance of fuel efficiency to reduce foreign oil dependence, to help reduce funding for terrorism against the U.S., to help American auto companies become more competitive, and to help the damned environment.
If you don't believe in pollution, stop using your plumbing and just crap in the backyard for a few months and then tell me there is no such thing as pollution or global warming. What is wrong with people?
Those whom argue against global warming constantly try to say the science is not 100%. While that is true, the science? What kind of idiot can say pollution isn't a problem based on science, when the essence of science is based on the principle that for every action is an equal and opposite reaction?
Efficiency is the essence of natural science and fuel efficiency should be a national priority for America, but it isn't. Instead, the U.S. Congress rewards Ford for building gas-guzzling SUVs. Unfortunately, it is obvious that U.S. politicians and corporations represent money, not people.
Demand nothing less than hybrid vehicle efficiency and register to vote! The only thing that can change America, is the people.
Labels: Congress, Ethanol, Ford, Foreign Oil Dependency, fuel cells, fuel efficiency, global warming, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
9:47 AM
4 Comments:
>> O.K. there really isn't a direct connection between marijuana and hybrid cars.
In fact there is a very strong connection between marijuana and hybrid cars. Hempseed oil, in addition to millions of other uses from plastic to textiles to food, contains more methane pound-for-pound than any other know biosource, even more than corn. Renewable and clean, it could literally eliminate our need for drilled oil while saving our environment at the same time. Hempseed oil is derived from hemp, which is a psychoactively inert form of marijuana.
>> Still, yesterday, I wrote an entry Marijuana, Hemp, and Hypocrisy discussing a perspective of the Supreme Court ruling affirming federal jurisdiction over state's rights and marijuana. Essentially, I argued that the issue should have never come before the Supreme Court
That is correct.
>> - this is an issue for Congress
This is an issue for the States. There is nothing in the Constitution granting Congress authority over the States to determine how they will regulate drugs. And this issue certainly has nothing to do with politicians when it has always been a medical decision that should be determined by patients and their doctors.
While Bayer was legally selling heroin and Coca-Cola was selling cocaine-laced soft drinks, the drug laws started with the Chinese opium smokers at the turn of the century and migrated to the Black marijuana smokers in the south. They were racial from the start, and marijuana smokers are still very discriminated against. We should be outraged at the stereotypical, unscientific propaganda the government puts out with our tax dollars.
>> and I discuss the hypocrisy behind government campaigns, such as Hemp for Victory and the continued law against growing hemp in America. Basically, since hemp is almost like marijuana - even though it can't get you 'high' - it still has to be illegal because it is related to marijuana.
It doesn't have to be illegal. Hemp cannot be turned around back into marijuana. To do it would be like trying to breed a Dachsund out of a Doberman. It might work, just might take a million years.
There is no point to the outlawing of hemp. It is done because people don't know what it is and the government doesn't want to acknowledge to the public that there are any potential uses for cannabis, the same way they are trying to make it look like there are no medical uses for cannabis. The fact is cannabis has over a hundred million uses. Medicine is only one of the things it can be. Just the leaves can help heal a wound. It is a proven antibiotic.
And the Hemp For Victory campaign was a very smart move in a very serious war. Hemp is the strongest natural fiber in existence. It makes parachutes and clothing. Back in the 1800s, it was the only thing that could make sails and ropes for the British Navy. Without hemp, England could not have colonized the world because the ocean salt would destroy any other fiber over time. Napoleon went to war in 1812 against Russia because he needed to stop the British Navy, and the only way to do that was to cripple its ships by stopping the importation of Russian hemp.
But you are correct, the hypocrisy is stunning.
-DJ Skyede
I don't disagree with you at all. In fact, there are many great books out there validating your points. "Hemp: Lifeline to the future" is one of my favorites.
Not only could we use hemp for biofuel, but we could use it in crop rotations to naturally refertilize the soil without pesticides.
HMMM. Drug companies spend billions per year on marketing, oil companies profit 10 billion in a quarter, and GM spends 100's of millions promoting its pertroleum guzzling vehicles.
Hemp could be grown in the back yard without almost any effort and be used for food, medicine, fuel, and buidling materials - almost for free.
Is there really any wonder why hemp is illegal?
The connection between hybrid cars and cannabis:
Take the new Honda Insight Hybrid which will be released later this year. The dashboard has some sort of eco scoring points. It looks a bit like a line of pot plants. So the more eco-friendly you drive, the more 'flowers' you will see.
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/road_tests/?id=366
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