Be the Change IT'S TIME TO BRING HEMP BACK! GREEN TREE CLOTHING IS HOME TO THE HEMP FUELED FUTURE "BE THE CHANGE" FUND, DONATING THE FIRST 5% OF EVERY TRANSACTION TOWARDS REPEALING THE BAN ON INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION.   As we begin the 21st century, the  weaknesses on an economy fueled by minerals found largely in countries that are thousands of miles away have become more and more apparent.  As the global demand for those non-renewable resources continue to grow, so will the price.  Unless we hypocritically expect other countries around the world to limit their consumption while we go on enjoying every resource depleting comfort possible, conflict will increasingly surround those same minerals.   We as a country can preempt this by  shifting our investments towards technological sectors and processes that are domestic, clean, safe and sustainable.  Our trade policies through the later part of the 20th century have turned us from an exporter, to an importer and that trend is only increasing.  This sudden collapse of our manufacturing industry seems to have begun an erosion of the core pillars of our economy, its hard working upward moving middle class.  We now have an opportunity to turn that process around, rebuilding our country while facilitating it's sustainable growth through future generations, a growth powered and driven by clean and renewable energy        Rudolf Diesel inventor of the internal combustion engine designed his machine to run on hemp and peanut seed oil, over 100 years ago.   The advantages of this compared to fossil fuels, are that carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere through the combustion of bio-fuels are then removed or "sequestered" from the atmosphere when next seasons worth of fuel is cultivated.  This never happens in the extraction and combustion of fossil fuel, which disrupts the natural balance of our atmosphere.  It seems far fetched to think that this country which met the challenge of putting a man on the moon could rise to the challenge of reinventing it's energy production infrastructure.        "I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow". -George Washington Carver Why Industrial Hemp? The widespread use of industrial hemp could result in numerous environmental benefits, including but not limited to: (1) less reliance on fossil fuels, especially from foreign sources; (2) more efficient use of energy; (3) less long-term atmospheric build-up of carbon dioxide; (4) forest conservation; (5) agricultural pesticide use reduction; (6) dioxin and other pollution reduction; and (7) landfill use reduction. Hemp is superior to many other plants for many uses. Present limitations on the use of industrial hemp are economically, environmentally and socially irrational. "Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products from the annual growth of the fields?I know from experience that many of the raw materials of industry which are today stripped from the forest and the mines can be obtained from annual crops grown on the farm." -Henry Ford The Drawbacks of a "Hemp Fueled Future" a hard to identify.  This easy to cultivate, extremely productive and versatile plant has been used safely by mankind for over 10,ooo years.  There are those who argue that the wide scale implementation of any BioFuel program would inevitably raise the cost of food and increase global hunger.  While this may be true with the chemically intensive corn plant, which demands the richest soil, Its most certainly not true with the hemp plant which can be grown on land otherwise considered too marginal for agricultural use.  Hemp which is far more efficient than corn on a BTU per acre basis, also has the advantage of producing, through the seed oil extraction process a byproduct that incredibly nutritious for human to consume.   If there are other identifiable drawbacks to the large scale implementation of a, hemp inclusive biofuel program they should be raised and addressed in a public forum so that the most sensible solutions to our current energy crisis will be considered by the country as a whole.       "Over 25,000 products can be manufactured from hemp, from cellophane to dynamite." -Popular Mechanics, 1938 As our country begins to discuss this wonderful discovery of the ancient technology called "BioFuel", which offers not a magic cure but certainly a big step in the right direction, it is important that that discussion be as comprehensive as possible.  Current domestic legislative policy effectively removes the plant, which on an annual  is the single most productive cellulose producer.  By blatantly disclosing a harmless and natural seed bearing plant like hemp from the list of assets in our struggle to find a cleaner, affordable, and more renewable fuel source, we as a country unilaterally and inexplicably except a huge handicap within the now global, energy market.  It's time we as individuals decide to understand and stand up fro the important issues of the day.  Supporting the status quo is to longer a workable option.   HELP HEMP JOIN THE FIGHT FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE !       5% OF EVERY TRANSACTION GOES TOWARDS THE REPEAL OF ALL EXISTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE CULTIVATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP. Green Tree Clothing's Hemp Fueled Future "Be The Change" Fund Help us bring hemp back!mailto:bethechange@greentreeclothing.com?subject=Donateshapeimage_4_link_0
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