Quorn sausages taste like ****e, the whole point of GMing it will be to make things that taste the same but are healthier / less intensive to farm.
We already consume foods we consider fresh and organic that are genetically modified The difference is, that the technology available today is done by the dissemination of genetic code to physically manipulate living cell material to enhance its qualities. We have done precisely the same for thousands of years, however the process was generally haphazard. Since early last century, through the widespread application of Science, we have got better and better at it* and right now we're ****ing **** hot. I trust the Science to allow areas of marginal farmland to be productive, to produce more food energy per acre and food that tastes even better. I don't necessarily have the same faith in our multinationals/TNC's and numerous world Head's of State for that matter, which is a shame, given the potential benefits for all if GM Science is targeted at poor regions. * ...hence, unless you live off nuts and berries, all the food we already eat is genetically modified by Science. And I sincerely don't get the environmental arguement, feel free to draw pictures if you like
No they don't GM is all about making people more cash by giving certain organisations ownership of plants/seeds/etc, that will require people to buy the pesticides associated with them. Cross pollination is a massive risk, and there are also no studies into the effects of ****ing around with the DNA of plants. There's a massive difference between crossing certain breeds and ****ing around with their DNA to make them resistant to certain pesticides. It's too much of a risk for an uncertain benefit. The main thing that needs to be examined to prevent food shortages is food waste. We throw away WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.
We got into this mess, largely through the unregulated process of the free market economy. We can't alter that, but we can be a bit more responsible now and the application of GM technology, for instance to LEDC's could bring about great benefit, particularly in Africa. Also surpluses in the agriculture industry and to educate people toward appreciating local produce and the seasonal foods that go with it <veggies rule>
"We throw away WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much." I was thinking that the other night walking home from the pub when I threw my half eaten kebab over the front garden of a neigbour I don't like much.
Why are you eating things that taste like meat if you don't like the taste of meat? - and if they don't taste like meat then that proves my extremely subjective point. "GM is all about making people more cash by giving certain organisations ownership of plants/seeds/etc, that will require people to buy the pesticides associated with them." It may be driven by market forces, but so is almost everything else in the supermarket and in your house. If people don't want GM crops then they don't have to plant them - it's not some mad Masonic conspiracy against the general public.
That's where cross-pollination comes into effect. We have no idea of the impact these crops could have on regular cultures, or on humans. It's not worth the risk. I don't know if I like the taste of meat or not, never tried the stuff. It stinks though. Quorn is meant to taste like Quorn, they add the meat-based shapes to things to suit people that miss eating meat. To be fair, I can't eat Quorn fish fingers because they scare me.
I'm not comfortable fighting this argument as I'm less informed that I need to be to put forward a good case, I just know in the recent past I've read some pretty convincing moral and scientific arguments (from an academic whose name escapes me, not a corporate PR firm) in regards to us being able to cater crops to grow in infertile regions in Africa and it has the genuine possibility of keeping people alive there. There is a lot of focus on the safety of GM crops and understandably so, but the issue should be one where we leave aside dogma and make very rational decisions based on Scientific evidence on the risks vs the potential humanitarian benefits.
Same with breast milk, but you manage ok without nowadays, no? Am happy not knowing what death tastes like, it hasn't impacted me negatively I do eat a lot of cheese, quorn and eggs, but they're all awesome so it's fine
Better farming techniques is the answer to that problem. If multinationals start getting involved how the **** is anyone there going to be able to afford food? Until we need it, don't use it. Also I'd much rather have less people on this planet than start raping nature.
Well what the f**k has then you snivelling boring little scrawny ****. How would you know that if you have not tried meat. What a f**kin spanner you are sonny
Am cool without it to be honest, managed for nearly 29 years, can do a few more decades I'm guessing it just tastes like a ****tier version of Quorn, but with the added guilt that a creature has died for you to have a meal. I'm happy as things are