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Why did they throw away the Soybean/Hemp car patent, in the 1940s? Soybean car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_
by isnthatveird 11mo ago
Why did they throw away the Soybean/Hemp car patent, in the 1940s?
Soybean car
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car
Were they corrupted by oil and war to sell it?
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