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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 944623" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>But what if the midwest were free to explore other energy options without any gov't or market interference at all? What if the midwest for example could grow corn for alcohol or what if they could freely grow hemp and convert to oil. </p><p></p><p>Rudolph Diesel, father of the diesel engine, designed his engine to run off plant based oils because at the time of his invention, there was no such thing as diesel fuel. His initial idea was to use coal dust as a fuel. Diesel fuel did not come into play until the 1920's when in 1922' the first injection pump was invented. In 1927' the first experimental diesel car hit the road. One is left to explore the rich fields of conspiracy theory concerning Diesel's questionable death in 1913' but we'll leave that for later and other threads.</p><p></p><p>Gov't tax policy is pegged to oil so therefore all gov't policy and subsidy is driven towards oil itself. For someone growing hemp, pressing the seed for it's oil and then pouring said oil into their car or truck, there is no tax mechanism in place within such practice so from a governance POV, the incentive is to steer clear of such innovative, local and even green friendly practices. </p><p></p><p>And what if some innovator designed a fuel system that gave a vehicle the capacity to get 200 mpg? Could there be enough local oil sources to provide for such local needs on that level of scale? But we then come back to the issue of tax revs to the various govt's from local to national and the impact of a regional car fleet, this case the midwest, all getting 200 mpg plus?</p><p></p><p>And we've not even addressed the effects on corp. profits yet so here is our first hurdle, how to let the midwest be self sustaining and self determining? Or in effect, how to let the midwest actually have a real free market?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 944623, member: 2189"] But what if the midwest were free to explore other energy options without any gov't or market interference at all? What if the midwest for example could grow corn for alcohol or what if they could freely grow hemp and convert to oil. Rudolph Diesel, father of the diesel engine, designed his engine to run off plant based oils because at the time of his invention, there was no such thing as diesel fuel. His initial idea was to use coal dust as a fuel. Diesel fuel did not come into play until the 1920's when in 1922' the first injection pump was invented. In 1927' the first experimental diesel car hit the road. One is left to explore the rich fields of conspiracy theory concerning Diesel's questionable death in 1913' but we'll leave that for later and other threads. Gov't tax policy is pegged to oil so therefore all gov't policy and subsidy is driven towards oil itself. For someone growing hemp, pressing the seed for it's oil and then pouring said oil into their car or truck, there is no tax mechanism in place within such practice so from a governance POV, the incentive is to steer clear of such innovative, local and even green friendly practices. And what if some innovator designed a fuel system that gave a vehicle the capacity to get 200 mpg? Could there be enough local oil sources to provide for such local needs on that level of scale? But we then come back to the issue of tax revs to the various govt's from local to national and the impact of a regional car fleet, this case the midwest, all getting 200 mpg plus? And we've not even addressed the effects on corp. profits yet so here is our first hurdle, how to let the midwest be self sustaining and self determining? Or in effect, how to let the midwest actually have a real free market? [/QUOTE]
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