NAFTA and WTO were sold as free trade. In reality, they locked in petrochemical dominance, gutted U.S. jobs, and kept hemp and bamboo out of the global marketplace.

In 1917, George Schlichten patented the hemp decorticator. A machine that could’ve made hemp the “New Billion-Dollar Crop.” Instead, it was defunded and buried to protect cotton, timber, and petro profits.

Nixon’s EPA and OSHA looked like protection. In reality, they gave corporations the excuse to offshore dirty industry. America didn’t clean up , it outsourced.

Women now drive consumer demand, own businesses and write policy shaping a hemp & bamboo economy that outpaces politics.

In 1937, the U.S. outlawed hemp under the Marihuana Tax Act; the same year DuPont patented nylon. It wasn’t about drugs. It was about protecting timber, petrochemicals, and monopoly.

• A 50,000-acre hemp and bamboo pilot can cut or store nearly half a million tons of CO₂e a year—powered by everyday purchases and renewable desal.

In 1910, USDA scientists confirmed bamboo could replace America’s pine industry. Edward Avery McIlhenny proved it in Louisiana. By 1912, the Plant Quarantine Act locked bamboo out; protecting timber and petro profits.

Every gallon we pump is a standing ovation for the same cartel that’s been cashing in on our slow-motion house fire for over a century. They sell us the myth of “cheap energy” while billing our kids for the cleanup. Congress keeps writing them love letters in the form of tax breaks, and we keep footing the tab—lungs first, wallets second.

It’s not just smoke and melting ice—it’s policy. From the Trump-era freeze on fuel-economy standards to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act gutting clean-energy credits, the game is rigged so Big Oil never has to grow up. And while they light the match, they whisper about “innovation” and “energy security.” Don’t be fooled. This isn’t security; it’s a stick-up.

Ending fossil foolery isn’t a moral suggestion—it’s an economic survival strategy. The exit ramp is already paved: bio-based materials, renewable grids, and a regenerative economy ready to scale. We don’t need another decade of polite debate; we need a clean break. Starve the beast. Fund the future.

The U.S. didn’t just spend $8 trillion protecting oil lanes. The Pentagon also funded the petrochemical empire’s R&D, creating nylon, Kevlar, and carbon fiber — while hemp and bamboo stayed outlawed.

AFG: Processor Atlas — Where capacity actually lives
We mapped North American hemp/bamboo processors by capability and throughput—decorticators, dryers, carders, nonwovens, compounders, panel presses. Size = tons per day, color = process. The picture isn’t “no supply chain”; it’s uneven, under-upgraded capacity clustered around cheap power, rail, and ports. The chokepoints are predictable: drying, QA, and offtake. Fix those, and lines move from press release to production.

This Atlas is a placement tool: operators find neighbors and buyers; capital finds upgrades with short payback and clean compliance (FEOC/DC, Energy Communities, 45X/48C, §6417/§6418). If you’ve got a line we missed—or one ready to scale—send the intake. We’re funding boring things that print throughput.