On Sat, 26 Apr 2003 07:01:04 -0500, "Gordon Couger"
wrote:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Torsten Brinch"
Newsgroups: sci.agriculture
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:00 AM
Subject: German GM wheat trials approved but site sabotaged


: On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:49:16 -0500, "Gordon Couger"
: wrote:
:
: The only major concern by farmers about RR wheat is it's marketability.
:
: It should be a major concern to them, if their customers send signals
: of "Don't want it. Don't need it", as reported in the article.
:
: There is no point in growing something that we can't sell.
:
: Exactly. There is a distinct possibility that RR wheat for bread could
: fall in that category.
:
: The green lobby has wandered off coarse
:
: Perhaps from screaming 'The sky is falling' too much?
: Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)
:
: and are trying to block the most
: positive technology we have ever found for the environment
:
: Yeah, speak about hype.
:
: and ill-informed
: believers like Torsten have swallowed their story hook line and sinker.
:
: Shrug. In the discussions we have had you have found me well-informed
: and not at all gullible.
:
: So called green groups that try to block GM crops and promote organic
: farming methods as the answer to the world food problems simple don't
: understand the basics of agriculture.
:
: Otoh, those who would try to block organic farming methods and promote
: GM crops as the answer to the worlds food problems would seem to be
: wildly off, too.
:
: It stands to reason that if GM crops were -the- answer to the worlds
: food problems, we would have no option but to persue it. Reality,
: however, is rather more complex.
:
Torsten,

Crops that use half the CO2 to grow snip

Yes, Gordon, what crops are you talking about?