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But people starving is not a crop efficiency problem. It's a political problem, every time. There's absolutely no reason to defend GMOs on the basis of feeding
by Applejinx 10y ago
But people starving is not a crop efficiency problem. It's a political problem, every time. There's absolutely no reason to defend GMOs on the basis of feeding the starving: it's rather disingenuous.
- ethbro 10y agoDo you have any citation? Ceterus paribus, increasing energy:food conversion rate leads to more food. Imho, arguing that politics are resulting in people starving is a bit like saying that gravity is too strong.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> But people starving is not a crop efficiency problem. It's a political problem, every time. Yes, one example of that political problem would be food prices being driven up by creating political barriers to more resource efficient crop technologies.