Long ago in 1938, a great man named Henry Ford created a hempmobile, a car made entirely from hemp and ran on hemp fuel. Industrial hemp grows wild, renourishes the soil and would enable this country to thumb our nose at the rest of the world and we wouldn't need to drill anywhere. I'm not talking about marijuana here, it's a different strain from the same plant. Dupont Chemical saw this as a threat to their empire and low and behold, Congress got into the act. Kentucky has a long history of industrial hemp farming and I believe their state seal has hemp stalks on it. Paper, clothing, rope and food can also be made from hemp. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
http://www.artistictreasure.com/learnmorecleanair.html
http://www.masscann.org/hemp/
http://www.hemp4fuel.com/nontesters/hemp4fuel/resources.html
Imagine the money the US could make exporting hemp fuel!!!

peace,
Susan who drives an '87 Chevy Celebrity 'cause it starts up everyday and still runs great!

I've heard over the years there have been great inventions for getting electric cars on the streets, and cars that get 100 miles to a gallon, but big industries shut them down. I say Congress should haul those puppies out and get them into production.