The Ultimate Green Machine: A Car Made of Hemp

I have a few problems with the environmental movement. I do believe that global warming is happening, however the "solution" to the global warming problem is always the same. Tell the people that they are responsible for global warming and lay a massive guilt trip for every incandescent light bulb in their homes or unrecycled piece of newspaper. I am not saying that it is bad to reduce, reuse or recycle. Those are great things to do. I just feel that the solution to global warming must come from systemic changes. Even if every single incandescent light bulb is replaced with fluorescent bulbs, it is a tiny dent in our over-consuming ways.

What we need is for people like Al Gore to push the repeal of drug prohibition as an environmental issue. We have been hearing a lot about Canada being the number one consumer of marijuana in the industrialized world. We also know that the majority of that marijuana is being grown under high-powered lights. Imagine how many watts of electricity could be saved if all of that BC Bud was grown outdoors instead of under 1000 watt lights.

So I was very happy to read about a hemp car being built in the UK. At least somebody is noticing that the prohibition of cannabis has had a great environmental impact. Even if the article did include the following reefer madness nonsense:

Tony Juniper, the director of Friends of the Earth, said schemes such as the hemp trial could make a small contribution to sustainability but failed to address the real issue.

"This is the same old problem that so many politicians have of thinking climate change can be solved simply by new technologies," he said. "The real problem is that there are too many cars on the road burning too much fuel. It doesn't make much difference just making a few components more sustainable. The only real benefit is that if it crashes you might breathe in the smoke to help you relax."

The ignorance displayed by this so-called environmentalist is appalling. Hemp is an extremely useful plant for fuel, food, paper, plastics and bio-mass. Get with the program.