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How is that a bad thing?
by pwdisswordfish9 4y ago
How is that a bad thing?
- pragmatic 4y agoPeople starving to death in the mean time, perhaps?
- suture 4y agoAs a result of GMOs the carrying capacity of the world increased. Isn’t it the case that the population tends toward the carrying capacity? If so then the delay of GMOs would only mean that the world’s population today would be lower and not that the amount of overall starvation would be higher. We still have episodes of starvation in the world even with GMOs.
- gruez 4y ago>As a result of GMOs the carrying capacity of the world increased. Isn’t it the case that the population tends toward the carrying capacity? This model assumes that human population will grow forever. Carrying capacity is one constraint on total population, but it's not the only constraint. Nowadays population growth is slowing down because demographic factors (ie. falling fertility), not because we've reached the earth's carrying capacity and famines are killing people off.
- suture 4y agoSure, those factors come into play and are dominant. It seems to me that one can’t assume there would have been more starvation had GMOs not been invented. And the factors you mentioned haven’t yet had an effect in India and Africa. The population of there has greatly increased alongside the rise of GMO. I’m not saying GMOs are the cause of sad increase but I am suggesting that the population in India and Africa might have been lower today without GMOs without being the result of starvation.
- jpgvm 4y agoPeople in the EU aren't starving to death though. Appropriate laws for appropriate circumstances. Given high standard of living in EU they can afford to take the long road with many improvements to food security favoring safety over reduced cost or expediency.
- euroderf 4y agoThe problem is not a shortage of food. The problem is its distribution. Like many things.