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Originally Posted by momoese
Shame that this is how they earn a living, there must be better ways to use their skills. GM is not doing anything to save the world or the hungry people from starving. It's just making the biotech and chemical corps rich and powerful.
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Now that is nonsense. Not doing anything?
Drought resistant tomatoes, super wheats that produce higher yields, to name two major items, is not my idea of nothing.
I'm glad I don't walk around with the impression that any scientist who doesn't embrace organic as their religion is a soulless monster intent on destroying the planet through harsh chemicals for their Biotech overlords.
And I'll repeat for the record: I am far from being against an 'organic' solution to growing. I try to use as little pesticides as possible, and what I use is a friendly solution, however it is far too expensive for anything other than a backyard garden and most certainly not suitable for large scale production.
Solve the problem where you don't drastically increase production costs to the point where store bought bananas go from .69 cents a pound to 2.50 a pound, and increase labor cost 3.5x because organic pesticides need to be sprayed more, meaning higher labor. And finally, put an end to the organic elitism and hypocrisy saying how great organic is when organic approved pesticides are harmful to fish and aquatic life.