<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Dec 6, 2558 BE, at 3:06 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <<a href="mailto:rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com">rafal.smigrodzki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Tomaz Kristan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:protokol2020@gmail.com" target="_blank">protokol2020@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am entirely in favor of your motion! Only that almost everywhere on this planet some terraforming is quite necessary. <div><br></div><div>Exterminating hornets, snakes, adjust temperatures ... is mandatory, if you ask me.</div><div><br></div><div>The majority would be horrified of course, but I don't care.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Count me in. It would be nice to use gene-drives to render harmless creatures that pose a threat to human life, whether by genetic modification or by outright destruction.</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>The fear would be accidentally eliminating something essential to the biosphere and human existence, no? For instance, can a gene drive used to get rid of a malarial spreading mosquito be prevented from spreading to other mosquitos? (I'm also wondering about good old Darwinian evolution working around the mechanism in this particular example. But, of course, that might be easier to deal with once you have the tools and knowledge.)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not saying I share these concerns. Others do, though. And they might have to be persuaded.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://author.to/DanUst" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://author.to/DanUst</font></a></div></div></div></body></html>