[extropy-chat] World map of human ES cell and nuclear transferpolicies.

Dirk Bruere dirk.bruere at gmail.com
Tue Dec 6 21:35:07 UTC 2005


On 12/6/05, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, The Avantguardian wrote:
> >
> >
> >> What about pest-resistant crops that reduce
> >> the amount of toxic pesticides used on the crops?
> >>
> >
> > I've seen more of the opposite - GM crops that are modified
> > specifically to tolerate a higher level of pesticides and
> > herbicides, so the producers can spray all the poisons they
> > want without worrying about the plants.
> >
>
> These sprayings cost money.  So even by your own biases this is
> unlikely.
>

Not if the cost of extra spraying is offset by greater yield.
Screw the rest of Nature.

Dirk
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