I.M.C. supports the legalization of Industrial Hemp cultivation. Of all the 1st world countries, the USA is the only nation that prohibits growing it. When you consider all of the benefits of this crop, there is simply no reason it should be illegal in America.

• Reduces Foreign Oil Dependence: hemp oil is capable of being used to produce products ranging from plastic to biofuel to eco-friendly building materials

Similar to the Australian protesters' reaction to their carbon tax, there has also been strong opposition to a newly modified California law dealing with renewable energy.

CoolPlanetBioFuels, based in Camarillo, California, is developing a revolutionary thermal/mechanical processor that directly inputs raw biomass such as woodchips, crop residues and non-food fuel crops, and produces distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional hydrocarbon fuel. The company is also developing simple one- step catalytic conversion processes that mate with the processor's output gas streams to produce useful products such as eBTX (gasoline), synthetic diesel and proprietary ultra- high-yield super fuels.

In 2011 the race for alternative energy is in full swing on the global playing field. Many companies are exploring new and innovative ways to harness the worlds naturally occurring energy resources in economically feasible ways. Strong ploical forces and increased public awareness of global warming are driving exciting new developments in this market. According to a "Global trends in sustainable energy investment" report, clean energy project spending increased from 59 billion euros in 2006 to 94 billion euros in 2007 - that is a 60% increase!

These are exciting times if you are in the business of finding solutions to the harmful issues we created for our planet beginning 150 years ago. I'm talking about the ramifications of the so-called progress that was made during the industrial revolution and age of perpetual consumption which led to the depletion of our non-renewable resources, global warming, and unprecedented amounts of landfill waste and carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Since 1900, our world population has increased more than 6 fold, and the effect on our natural resources has been nearly devastating.