US to become energy inddpendent by 2030?

Commercial hemp has a lot of uses. Paper, fuel, medicine - it should be our #1 crop. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy

Rope, Lots grows wild around Weston Mo.(not rope)

That is a horrible idea.

Using food for fuel increases the costs of grains to unaffordable levels for the billions of poor around the world who depend on cheap grains to live.

Furthermore all it takes is one serious drought and all that harvest is gone.

No, let's not go the way of Brazil and grow food products to fill up our tanks when we have plenty of natural gas and petroleum to fuel our trucks and cars. As few as 700 natural gas stations added to existing truck stops could allow transition of trucks from deisel to natural gas. Originally Posted by theaustinescorts

Brazil gets it's ethanol from sugar cane a renewable crop.the idea of corn was a dumb one to start the experts told them you could not produce enough energy to put the crop in the ground and harvest it.It did give the farmers a better price for the crop.It also decreases fuel economy.A lot of our ethanol we use is imported from Brazil..