This scientist compare marijuana to the peanut, and said that if nothing else, that the fuel derived from marijuana could be use as a form of bio fuel. This fuel could be used to power planes, ships, trains, and other forms of transportation, taking the stress off our oil supply. This scientist said that marijuana can be grown anywhere, indoors or outdoor, which the government sees as a problem. It would allow everyday people with any amount of space to participate in the growing and harvest of the weed. Economies of that scale are hard to control and the government believes that it would contribute to drug use.

This within itself, could expand the new industry into a 100 billion-dollar industry almost overnight. But what they don't tell you, is that it is already a billion-dollar industry. People are already growing it indoors and outdoors, and that it is already contributing to the economics, of the over all society. You see It keeps jails and prisons full, It keeps lawyers busy, and it keeps cops employed. What they are scared of is that as an industry it would change who profits from the marijuana. The other added benefit is that it would drop the price of a pound of marijuana, or will it make the price go up, you know the supply and demand factor always have to fit in the equation. But the biggest thing they are afraid of is that it would take the advantage away from the drug dealers and drug importers, who at this time are making all the money in this underground industry.

Remember the everyday suppliers don't have planes and ships to import the stuff, so you can bet your bottom dollar it would affect someone's income high up in the food chain. So like with anything, there is always a better way, or a better product or a better use, but that does not mean a thing if the right people are not getting paid. But then again that's just my opinion.