Carol, sorry I didn't see your post before. Once again, I think you make great coherent salient points. Is hemp being used to create plastic outside of the US or is soy being used for paints outside of the US. Mostly I'm interested in the plastics because several people criticize the illegality of hemp in the US because it has industrial uses. Also, I don't think that consumers are hostile to alternate energy, but I can see a point being made that some industry suppresses it for fear of impact on their current practices. Do you think its the industry or the consumers who are hostile? And if its industry, is it just oil and auto or are other industries hostile? Are solar and wind power more costly to produce short-term (I understand that long-range it is better) or is it just a refusal to use it.