Pot is burning issue on Mendocino ballot
June 2, 2008
Marijuana is so ubiquitous here that everyone, from schoolteachers to kids, can tell you when a sinsemilla bud is ripe. From late summer to fall, the county reeks with the skunk-like stench of ready-to-harvest weed. The annual $1.5 billion pot crop constitutes two-thirds of Mendocino County’s entire economy.
“You tell people from other parts of the country that folks grow pot all over town, and they think this is just a freak show here,” said Ross Liberty, who owns a welding shop in Ukiah. “They’re not far off.”
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What do the hemp farmers do with the stalks when they are done?
Most people don’t know that you can dry them and use them as fuel to create electricity through biomass gasification. It would help balance out the energy life cycle for growers and ease the carbon footprint.
I put a sort of funny video on Youtube that goes into hemp gasification for a proposed demonstration for Hempfest. Check it out at the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04jmr2rua3w