Re: Scientific Point-of-View
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Scientific Point-of-View
- From: J* A*
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:22:15 +1100 (EST)
At 12:35 21/12/99 -0800, "Professor Willhelm Gruessem" and "Dr Susan G.
Laughlin" wrote:
>Helping to Save the Environment
>
>New farmland is limiting. Twelve billion people will be on this
>earth in 2035 (six billion today).
Not if I can help it. Fortunately it now appears that this particular
projection is quite likely somewhat high.
Agricultural biotechnology can
>help us develop crops with higher yields that can grow in less
>optimal soils and climates. We don't want to sacrifice more
>rainforests.
More to the point in this Medit-plants group: We don't want to sacrifice
whatever natural vegetation remains on those other "less optimal soils and
climates" either.
GM foods, THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED, WELL REGULATED, and ACCURATELY LABELLED, do
have a place in achieving this. But it's a pretty minor place.
For a "scientific point of view", your post reads just a bit too much like a
public relations handout for my liking. Unfortunately, I doubt if you read
this group, and you don't provide an email address, so you are unlikely to
hear what we all feel about it. Do you care?
John.
