More potential major beneficial GM developments

mark starr · 15-01-2007, 12:37 PM

GM hens are being developed so they can lay eggs which will enable the cost of producing drugs to fight cancer , diabetes, and other diseases to be reduced to a fraction of their present cost
As ruminants e.g cows are one of the main sources for production of gases blamed for "global warming" scientists are investigating the possibility of GM change so that they produce less wind. ( As an aside Vegetarians by not eating cows are one of the major causes of global warming)

mkpdavies · 15-01-2007, 12:47 PM

That's good news. If GM can start showing major benefits, then the stigma will be removed to a degree.

Should be easy to make sure there is no cross contamination in this instance too, for those that don't like the idea.

g hall · 15-01-2007, 03:38 PM

Genetically Modified foods have been developed since man began agriculture and animal husbandry.
Look at the size of a boar against a pig and see how long cereal grasses survive in the wild, they have been bred to deliver ever more food for us which is way their are 6 billion of us and we are ripe for a cull

Feldoon · 15-01-2007, 03:42 PM

Ah!

But GM's different now!

It causes tomatoes to grow purple, massive and eat everyone.

Just as nuclear reactors are bad because they blow up and kill everyone.

Mhmm.

John Carter · 15-01-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mark starr

As ruminants e.g cows are one of the main sources for production of gases blamed for "global warming" scientists are investigating the possibility of GM change so that they produce less wind. ( As an aside Vegetarians by not eating cows are one of the major causes of global warming)

It's not the methane coming out of their back end - it's the CO2 coming out of their front end. They chuck out more CO2 24/7 than a Range Rover does. It's called "breathing".

zbrahead · 15-01-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Feldoon

Ah!

But GM's different now!

It causes tomatoes to grow purple, massive and eat everyone.

Just as nuclear reactors are bad because they blow up and kill everyone.

Mhmm.

@Feldoon

You complete imbecile, GM doesn't do this as it is not possible to do that, as we do not know exact DNA codes, and seperating out alleles for different things and indentifying them takes time and costs money, making it economically inviable to make killer tomatoes.

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Originally Posted by John Carter

mark starr wrote:
As ruminants e.g cows are one of the main sources for production of gases blamed for "global warming" scientists are investigating the possibility of GM change so that they produce less wind. ( As an aside Vegetarians by not eating cows are one of the major causes of global warming)

It's not the methane coming out of their back end - it's the CO2 coming out of their front end. They chuck out more CO2 24/7 than a Range Rover does. It's called "breathing".

@John Carter

Cows CO2 output is pretty much the same as the CO2 intake by the trees they eat, completing the CO2 cycle, it IS actually the extra methane, a by-product not included in the cycle, that contributes to global warming.

John Carter · 15-01-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by zbrahead

@John Carter

Cows CO2 output is pretty much the same as the CO2 intake by the trees they eat, completing the CO2 cycle, it IS actually the extra methane, a by-product not included in the cycle, that contributes to global warming.

Cows don't eat trees.

Feldoon · 15-01-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by zbrahead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feldoon

Ah!

But GM's different now!

It causes tomatoes to grow purple, massive and eat everyone.

Just as nuclear reactors are bad because they blow up and kill everyone.

Mhmm.

@Feldoon

You complete imbecile, GM doesn't do this as it is not possible to do that, as we do not know exact DNA codes, and seperating out alleles for different things and indentifying them takes time and costs money, making it economically inviable to make killer tomatoes.

You call me stupid on sarcasm?

That was a joke.

Wasn't it emphasised by the "Nuclear reactors are bad! Onoes!"?

g hall · 15-01-2007, 07:34 PM

zbrahead

Quote:

@Feldoon

You complete imbecile, GM doesn't do this as it is not possible to do that, as we do not know exact DNA codes, and seperating out alleles for different things and indentifying them takes time and costs money, making it economically inviable to make killer tomatoes.

To quote C_steam{wince} steps back to enjoy the fun to come.................

zbrahead · 15-01-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Feldoon

Quote:

Originally Posted by zbrahead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feldoon

Ah!

But GM's different now!

It causes tomatoes to grow purple, massive and eat everyone.

Just as nuclear reactors are bad because they blow up and kill everyone.

Mhmm.

@Feldoon

You complete imbecile, GM doesn't do this as it is not possible to do that, as we do not know exact DNA codes, and seperating out alleles for different things and indentifying them takes time and costs money, making it economically inviable to make killer tomatoes.

You call me stupid on sarcasm?

That was a joke.

Wasn't it emphasised by the "Nuclear reactors are bad! Onoes!"?

I gathered the fact that it was a joke, albeit an old overused one.

@John Carter

Green photosynthesizing matter then.

15-01-2007, 12:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
mark starr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 635	More potential major beneficial GM developments GM hens are being developed so they can lay eggs which will enable the cost of producing drugs to fight cancer , diabetes, and other diseases to be reduced to a fraction of their present cost As ruminants e.g cows are one of the main sources for production of gases blamed for "global warming" scientists are investigating the possibility of GM change so that they produce less wind. ( As an aside Vegetarians by not eating cows are one of the major causes of global warming)

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15-01-2007, 03:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,573	Genetically Modified foods have been developed since man began agriculture and animal husbandry. Look at the size of a boar against a pig and see how long cereal grasses survive in the wild, they have been bred to deliver ever more food for us which is way their are 6 billion of us and we are ripe for a cull

15-01-2007, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Feldoon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,003	Ah! But GM's different now! It causes tomatoes to grow purple, massive and eat everyone. Just as nuclear reactors are bad because they blow up and kill everyone. Mhmm.