Pubdate: Wed, 25 Jun 2008
Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK)
Copyright: 2008 Fairbanks Publishing Company, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.news-miner.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/764
Author: Dwane McKee

ANSWER IS HEMP

To the editor:

While I read the various plans for what we should do to stay warm 
this winter and see firewood being stolen, I see the 
let-the-goverment-take-care-of-me individuals are out there.

There is the possibility to do that, but why and how will it be done. 
I recently stumbled on a Web site while looking at alternative fuel 
sources. The answer is hemp.

No, sorry, not marijuana, but rather industrial grade hemp.

We have the soil to grow it. It is renewable carbon neutral. We can 
use it for fuel both for home and vehicle use. The secret is that the 
government did it when we were short of oil during World War II, much 
like wood smoke digesters.

Go to www.hempcar.org if you want to see more. I am not advocating 
drugs. I am advocating a homegrown, totally renewable way to keep us 
warm in the winter, the lights on in the dark, the vehicle warm and 
the imported oil out of our tanks.

Wouldn't it be nice to say, "darn I just paid $500 for a year's worth 
of fuel." Farmers in Delta would have a rotation crop, while Palmer, 
North Pole and Two Rivers could go back to farming.

Dwane McKee

Fairbanks
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