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Originally Posted by Acepimp
So nevermind that he didn't do shit to promote plant-based fuel? LOL
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Acepimp here is the main problem with hemp as fuel - it's carbon neutral. While this is normally a good thing, its not in this case. Hemp absorbs alot of CO2 - this is good! But it gets all put back into the atmosphere when burned, which is bad. If we switched to Hemp today, we would still be in the same place 100 years from now, environmentally speaking.
The trick is to offset the CO2 in the air. If we know we're going to drive 100,000 miles over 10 years or so, it would be great not to expel CO2 into the are that entire time. Building the ev car will add some, but driving it vs a gas car will add 0 CO2. And right now we need to remove the CO2 from the air, not add to it. Hence, EV's are good.
But as a whole, I agree with you that Hemp can be better than gasoline, but this is hard to measure. Gas comes from oil pumped out of the ground, whereas Hemp needs to be farmed. Using that farmspace to grow food instead of fuel is arguably better.
I found a good article on the challenges of hemp fuel at
http://hig.diva-portal.org/smash/get...TACHMENT01.pdf
Long story short: It's not easy. But hey - Get Trump on the horn and ask him to do something about it. He's Trump and he can do anything, right? Surely he can do this for you, right? He's smart enough and cool enough, isn't he?
Don't want to ask him? Then stop changing the subject and blaming Obama.