GM - Yes or No?

[Zoid]

I'm glad to help!

[dannubis]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Wernazuma is an idiot.

And so are you.

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by dannubis
And so are you.

And I hoped a reply by someone else on this would turn out more favorable for me.

[dannubis]

What can I say, discussing in one-liners is easy.

[Cort Haus]

one-line weenyism

[dannubis]

I know

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
BTW, not every product makes its creator rich. How much has Linus Torvalds made off of Linux?

Not a serious example, as not many people can afford to go to work for free.

The question is: Do third world farmers want high-yield farming or not? If they do, then whichever progressive technologies deliver this are fullfilling a need as much as any other goods and services.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
The question is: Do third world farmers want high-yield farming or not? If they do, then whichever progressive technologies deliver this are fullfilling a need as much as any other goods and services.

Are you really that stupid?

3rd world farmers have tractors and oil and fertilizer and crop dusters?. GM crops require first world farmers and 1st world farming techniques. Not exactly something the average 3rd world farmer is clamoring for.

[Cort Haus]

chegitz hurling insults? I had expected better from him. He is now on my list of wanchors.

[Kuciwalker]

Che: how can you claim that something which allows us to produce more of one resource (food) using less of another (land or labor) adds no benefits?

That's fundamentally silly.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
chegitz hurling insults? I had expected better from him. He is now on my list of wanchors.

It was an ignorant comment, though I apologize for the insult.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Che: how can you claim that something which allows us to produce more of one resource (food) using less of another (land or labor) adds no benefits?

That's fundamentally silly.

Well, the benefit to me is marginal. I don't see a decrease in my food prices. More farmers go out of business, so that increases misery. Yes, the land could be used then for more sprawl, but that isn't necessarily a good thing either. The only people who come out happy are the shareholders, and I'm not sure that happiness outweighs the unhappiness created.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Are you really that stupid?

3rd world farmers have tractors and oil and fertilizer and crop dusters?. GM crops require first world farmers and 1st world farming techniques. Not exactly something the average 3rd world farmer is clamoring for.

I think third world is a too encompassing word, both Brazil and Chad are third world countries, but they have very different levels of development, I guess by third world you only mean half starved subsistence farmers?

But half starved subsistence farmers dont sell their crops, they eat them.

GM do help third world countries

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Well, the benefit to me is marginal. I don't see a decrease in my food prices. More farmers go out of business, so that increases misery. Yes, the land could be used then for more sprawl, but that isn't necessarily a good thing either. The only people who come out happy are the shareholders, and I'm not sure that happiness outweighs the unhappiness created.

This is silly. You've shown the benefit right here - more free land for "sprawl" (this is good, that sort of expansion helps everyone but Ludd) and more free labor to make other goods. So some people are unemployed for a while; that's the story of every single technology that we regard today as essential.