[Dylan Keating]

Hi countrymouse, while i could fill some pages as to why gm is a dead end, i just wanted to say 2 things.
As an irishman i too thought for years that the potatoe famine was just that, a failure of the potate crop. However this famine like many before and after it was mainly due to foreign policy. Namely england’s foreign policy.
All throughout the famine Ireland was still exporting food, it was just like a modern day ethiopia, set up to provide food for england.
The blight on the “lumper” and “the cup” potatoes tipped this situation over in to disaster of course, but the real problem then, as now is food distribution not abundance.

I would highly, highly recommend a book called “Stuffed and starved ” stuffed and starved
My memories of the eighties are of feel good concerts and sacks of grain going to the people of africa, the thought that food was been shipped out the whole time changes it somewhat.

GM plays upon our guilt over the “poor” south. It’s another promise of a green revolution (which has failed spectacularly). There have been promises for 15 years now of “golden rice”, salt tolerant plants etc.. none that actually work have turned up yet:)

I’m sure in maybe 100 years there may be a place for gm after lots of testing, but i just don’t see the maturity to use it in the right way yet.

And to finish up, GM is so far from traditional breeding it’s a pity to see you put out that same old argument. I’d recommend, the future of food/

to give a better idea. In a future of peak fossil fuels, GM will fall by the wayside, it’s too energy intensive. Lets just hope it’s evangelists don’t do too much damage on the way down:rolleyes:

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