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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-08-04 08:51 PM
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1. I agree...but....
we're going to be devoting acreage to the cultivation of hemp
in order to continue having "cheap energy". Not going to happen.

Cultivating hemp will require a substantial investment in 1) land
and 2) energy in order to produce it and its by-products.

I'm not saying that it cannot be done, but the same arguement has
been used against biomass based energy sources as well. We need to
think beyond what we "need" as energy. We need to restructure our
cities and our way of life first...THEN we can proceed to find the
most viable alternative energy SOURCES.
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  -John Kerry's energy problem and the homegrown solution littlejoe  Mar-08-04 08:39 PM   #0 
  - I agree...but....  kalian   Mar-08-04 08:51 PM   #1 
  - They can be rotated into fallow crop ground. Also, the crops are  littlejoe   Mar-08-04 09:04 PM   #2 
     - Sounds like a good crop to add to the mix  cprise   Mar-09-04 02:08 PM   #8 
        - The Biofuel energy equation  BareKnuckledLiberal   Mar-10-04 01:53 AM   #9 
  - "Just say grow"  slor   Mar-08-04 09:11 PM   #3 
  - So who here knows what people in this nation can do  RainDog   Mar-09-04 06:16 AM   #4 
  - You talk like there is more than 4 years left. Peak oil is real, and mil  junker   Mar-09-04 08:30 AM   #5 
     - Did the Pentagon say 4.5B will dieoff in20 years?  jmcgowanjm   Mar-09-04 09:11 AM   #6 
     - The Pentagon dind't report that 4.5B would be killed off....  kalian   Mar-09-04 10:57 AM   #7 
 

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