Should we upgrade photosynthesis and grow supercrops?

[Tumbulu]

11. Wow, I did my Master's Degree Research

Last edited Tue Oct 7, 2014, 09:41 AM - Edit history (2)

at Rothampstead.....

Some thoughts..... First of all my objections to the GMO crops are primarily derived from the culture of misrepresentation of fact and cavaleir disregard of real safety (and the lack of evaluation of environmental impact) of these crops. If they had actually been tested by outside disinterested parties and proven safe, I would have a different attitude about them. If the scientists doing the work had not been bullies in the lab and had not lied to the business community who came up with the funds to pay for the work, I may have a more open mind about the technology.

Now, Rothampstead had real scientists, humble, honest, self effacing curious brilliantly intelligent ones. If anyone in the world is going to come up with some positive way to use this technology that the original gene jockeys so arrogantly flaunted, it is this group. Or at least the group that I knew back in the early '80's.

And so I will read with curiosity about how it all unfolds. I have faith in real scientists, not the arrogant hucksters whose mouthpieces pollute our discussions on DU and elsewhere with the all too typical mis truths. Sadly arrogance and hubris like viruses spread....but I will consider it all with a more open mind.