> An explanation: > My post was a response (included below) to >someone who, in my opinion, was using the US gov'ment and the DEA in specific >as scapegoats in his discussion of hemp's reluctance in becoming a new >biofuel. I was aided in this conclusion by the post's lack of concrete >detail, sources, or even a cursory objective view. Hell, my response may have >been unfounded or spurious (or not), but I was just trying to get a response >as to why the information seemed a bit opinionated. > >-JIM
Strange way of going about it, dubbing it as "gossip and lies", and him as "weird", without any concrete details, sources, nor even a cursory objective view to support your own opinion, don't you think? Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ ><<Subj: Re: [biofuel] >Date: 4/29/2001 10:35:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jerry dycus) >Reply-to: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > > > > Hi Ian and All, >--- ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes there are THC free strains, (but the others are > > best ;) ) > > ian > I'll smoke to that;-)). > But beyound that hemp grows so fast it crowds out >any weeds quickly and it's a very light feeder, using >little or no pesticide or fertilizer. > The pounds of biomass /acre is hugh. Larger than >anything else. > Almost no labor either other than planting and >harvesting. 90 gals of biodiesel and 800/1000 gals of >methanol per crop and in Fla 4 to 5 crops a year. Hemp >is hard to beat. > It's a great fabric and rope that will not rot. > As to why it's illegal in 1934 a machine was >designed to seperate the fibers economicly but had the >misfourtune to be at the same time as Dupont came out >with rayon, nylon . Popular Machanics declared hemp >the next billion dollar crop. > He was worried the hemp would steal his markets >that he gave J Randolf Hearst a bunch of Dupont stock >so Hearst would put out a bunch of stories in his >newspapers that hemp was a bad drug that only, racial >slurs for blacks and Mexicans, do it and become crazy, >ect. > Then in 1937 their cronies in congress passed the >law making it not a threat to Dupont anymore. > So here we are and one of the best , least side >effect medicines and the answer to our energy, farmer >problems and we can't use it. It shows that >politicians care more about posturing than helping our >country. > George Washington and Thomas Jefferson raised and >praised it , if it's good enough for them it's good >enough for me. > I'd like to sue the DEA for fraud, the lying scum. > jerry dycus > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Warren Rekow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 7:48 PM > > Subject: Re: [biofuel] > > > > > > > Richard said: > > > > 1 acre of hemp will prouduce more paper, > > building > > material,clotfing,ETC > > > >than 20 acres of trees. > > > > > > Do all hemp plants contain THC, or are there > > varieties which do not > > > contain this compound? > > > -- > > > ...Warren Rekow > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Received: from rly-xc05.mx.aol.com (rly-xc05.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.138]) >by air-xc05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:35:53 >2000 >Received: from mr.egroups.com (mr.egroups.com [208.50.144.80]) by >rly-xc05.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:35:40 2000 >X-eGroups-Return: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Received: from [10.1.4.53] by mr.egroups.com with NNFMP; 30 Apr 2001 02:35:35 >-0000 >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Apparently-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_2); 30 Apr 2001 02:35:34 -0000 >Received: (qmail 9539 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2001 02:35:34 -0000 >Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 30 Apr 2001 >02:35:34 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO web14003.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.175.94) by >mta1 with SMTP; 30 Apr 2001 02:35:34 -0000 >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from [65.113.185.36] by web14003.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 >19:35:34 PDT >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: jerry dycus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Mailing-List: list biofuel@yahoogroups.com; contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: mailing list biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:35:34 -0700 (PDT) >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit>> > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
