I don't have a problem with the study and the mechanics of genetic engineering. In effect farmers and growers have been doing that for thousands of years only without the lab coat and without an understanding of the mechanics behind it.
However:
This is true to some extent. There is a problem with that. A rose bush in a cabbage field is a weed. It takes away nutrients from plants that require it. Where a plant is wanted it is a crop, where it is not it is a pest. When you introduce a plant that can grow anywhere, some of the seeds of those plants will eventually find its way into nature and cause irreparable harm to the existing ecosystem. The new plants will be better suited to grow than the indigenous plants, the indigenous plants die out, and the animals relying on those indigenous plants starve.
So implementation of these genetic plants have to be observed with a lot of care.
However:
Giff Wrote:Like making plants grow were they couldn't grow before, that is something can stop starvation and rescue milions of people.
This is true to some extent. There is a problem with that. A rose bush in a cabbage field is a weed. It takes away nutrients from plants that require it. Where a plant is wanted it is a crop, where it is not it is a pest. When you introduce a plant that can grow anywhere, some of the seeds of those plants will eventually find its way into nature and cause irreparable harm to the existing ecosystem. The new plants will be better suited to grow than the indigenous plants, the indigenous plants die out, and the animals relying on those indigenous plants starve.
So implementation of these genetic plants have to be observed with a lot of care.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
