Fwd: Re: Scientific Point-of-View
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Fwd: Re: Scientific Point-of-View
- From: l* a*
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:56:19 -0800
Hey guys.... if you think that only your view is "the truth" and "the
others" are wrong, it is not a dialogue or a learning experience for
anyone. That is not the intent of our group........
Larry A... who believes there is some truth in most things.....
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>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:22:15 +1100 (EST)
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>From: John Atkinson <johna@mech.eng.usyd.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: Scientific Point-of-View
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>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.
>
