Hemp, hemp hooray

June/July 2001
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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If you plan to be in Washington, D.C. on Independence Day, check out the kickoff of Hemp Car Trans-America's three-month tour to promote drug law reform and environmental fuel technologies.

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Hemp, which produces ten times more methanol than corn and thrives on marginal lands, responds well to pyrolysis - being heated to pro duce renewable, nonpolluting pyrolytic fuels. The Hemp Car crew, Kellie Ogilvie-Sigler and Grayson Sigler, will attempt to set a world record in the hemp oil-powered car. "We're going 10,000 miles," says Ogilvie-Sigler, "so I don't think we'll have any problem breaking the distance record."

The crew estimates that if six percent of America's land - a fraction of the amount now reserved for cattle feed - were planted with hemp, it could meet all of the country's energy needs.

"Hemp is the choice for biomass," states Sigler, "outproducing nearly every biomass crop by a factor of four." Hemp Car is sponsored by Hemp World, Hemp Oil Canada and the Ohio Hempery.

-Monica J. Smith

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  • Ray-ray 10/21/2009 10:33:27 PM

    I cant amagine all the cars that will be following you, just to catch a buzz. Big oil isnt going to like this. I say go for it! My car runs on WVO. I should drive next to you and see how many drivers get the munchies.

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