Gasoline needed a lot more than physics to defeat alcohol, if it was simply a physics thing it wouldn't have needed to do what it did to wipe out alternatives. And as it was explained to me, our current set-up with ethanol is different than what alcohol fuel used to be. A farmer being able to produce his own fuel on-site vs what we go through to get oil..

This is the best, most informative, non-political or agenda based documentary I've seen. You probably won't watch it, but sharing anyway.

How big oil conquered the world

Obviously alcohol fuel isn't 'the one big answer', but its previous usage and its ability to be localized is noteworthy.

Most people don't understand how it, as well as electricity and hemp were a part of the energy landscape 100+ years ago. Understanding that, and understanding why it was wiped out is hugely important to finding the answers moving forward.

The farmland argument against hemp is proven to be completely bogus and an indication of not being up-to-speed on the issue.

We currently grow way too much corn and soy, much of which ends up in the middle aisle of grocery stores in the form of fake food -- and anyway, that's mostly irrelevant. There's enough land. Plus innovation in alternative growing methods.

Hemp enriches farmland, making it a smart thing for famers to rotate through their fields. The Dakota's and Canadian prairies.. huge. It grows in harsh climates on both ends of the spectrum with relative ease.

Right now hemp producers get more from food markets. The food market is all whacked out with pricing for various reasons, and hemp costs more than it should because of the limited legal growing areas and 'health food' tag.

Overall we've been tricked into an energy model that has oil at the top of the pyramid. The energy solution isn't one thing, it's a combination of many things. Our major dependence on oil is 100% thanks to the manipulations from those who'd benefit from such a paradigm.

This post was edited on 1/12/17 at 6:34 pm