Kentuckians are fortunate that Hurricane Ike didn't cause enough of a gasoline supply disruption to result in more than just a few cases of stations running out or rationing supplies.
But the politicians have only been emboldened to "get tough" on petroleum suppliers because their policies didn't lead to disaster.
As soon as Attorney General Jack Conway finds out the Mississippi AG wants to start triggering perpetual price gouging enforcement that we tried to avoid by passing limits on such official power in 2006, we will make it more likely that next time around could result in real pain at the pump.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Don't tell Jack Conway about this
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Wouldn't it make more sense for elected state politicians to badger the hell out of the Kentucky federal delegation to introduce legislation to remove hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, and put it under the Department of Agriculture where it belongs?
The 1998 University of Kentucky study, Economic Impact of Industrial Hemp in Kentucky, reported:
"Oil reserves continue to decline and alternative sources will eventually be needed. Industrial hemp is a renewable resource that can be made into diesel fuel and plastics…Plastics were originally developed using an agri-base that included industrial hemp."
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