13-05-2003, 04:20 PM
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Would you buy these transgenic plants?
In article ,
wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2003 01:32:35 GMT, "Perrenelle"
wrote:
Please help out a researcher studying useful applications of transgenic
plants by answering three simple questions below.
The reason behind this questionnaire is to determine whether genetically
modified household and garden plants would be accepted by gardeners. Please
reply either to the newsgroup or to me directly.
Would you purchase the following genetically modified plants? Assume that
the price of the plant was reasonable. Please specify which you would be
interested in, if any.
1. A flowering houseplant (for example a scented geranium) modified to
produce three times more aroma than regular flowers.
I would buy
I would not buy it
If it were Herb Robert aka "Stinky Bob," then no, I wouldn't want to smell
that three times regular.
If it were some sort of mock orange, I'd probably pass out before I could
reach the door.
2. A transgenic indoor ivy that removed toxic chemicals from
household air
100 times better than regular plants.
I would buy
I would not buy it
I'd vastly prefer to correct the problem that caused the indoor air to be
full of toxic chemical gasses.
3. A genetically modified blue rose.
I would buy
I would not buy it
I would look at someone else's is all.
4. A transgenic houseplant that efficiently removed odors such as
hydrogen
sulfide from the air.
I would buy
I would not buy it
Rather, I'd tell Satan to get the hell back to hell if he insists on
wearing sulfurous aftershave.
Thanks for your help!
It doesn't seem to me you're on the right path to overcome nature-lovers'
preference for nature. People already love their cloned cultivars so it
isn't going to be impossible to overcome the instinctive prejudice against
transgenic veggies & flowers, but some of the above require people to
first of all ACCEPT the idea of steeping in pollutants, THEN begin to
regard buying a houseplant as the best corrective measure. When it's
entirely the wrong corrective measure.
Now, if you can do a recombinant DNA glow-in-the-dark flower that is part
firefly & part orchid cactus, you'll be onto something.
-paghat the ratgirl
Perrenelle
Would not buy any of them.
--
Polar
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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/
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