Engineering Food for All!

Gerald · 08-19-11, 06:08 PM

FOOD prices are at record highs and the ranks of the hungry are swelling once again. A warming climate is beginning to nibble at crop yields worldwide. The United Nations predicts that there will be one to three billion more people to feed by midcentury.

Yet even as the Obama administration says it wants to stimulate innovation by eliminating unnecessary regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to require even more data on genetically modified crops, which have been improved using technology with great promise and a track record of safety. The process for approving these crops has become so costly and burdensome that it is choking off innovation.

Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology. The use of chemicals for fertilization and for pest and disease control, the induction of beneficial mutations in plants with chemicals or radiation to improve yields, and the mechanization of agriculture have all increased the amount of food that can be grown on each acre of land by as much as 10 times in the last 100 years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/op...me&ref=general

Note: August 18, 2011

RickC Sniper · 08-19-11, 06:19 PM

It'll all come down to Soylent Green anyway.

Gerald · 08-19-11, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

It'll all come down to Soylent Green anyway.

Good movie,

Spoon 11th · 08-20-11, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickC Sniper

It'll all come down to Soylent Green anyway.

Or this: synthetic food.

Gerald · 08-20-11, 07:26 AM

Semi-finished products,

the_tyrant · 08-20-11, 08:06 AM

still, they should really get the global population under control

Jimbuna · 08-20-11, 03:17 PM

08-19-11, 06:21 PM

Food has always and will always be a weapon.
Feed the hungry? You get Allies.
Though they may not be the most trusted.

Jimbuna · 08-19-11, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

Food has always and will always be a weapon.
Feed the hungry? You get Allies.
Though they may not be the most trusted.

QFT

08-19-11, 06:08 PM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Engineering Food for All! FOOD prices are at record highs and the ranks of the hungry are swelling once again. A warming climate is beginning to nibble at crop yields worldwide. The United Nations predicts that there will be one to three billion more people to feed by midcentury. Yet even as the Obama administration says it wants to stimulate innovation by eliminating unnecessary regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to require even more data on genetically modified crops, which have been improved using technology with great promise and a track record of safety. The process for approving these crops has become so costly and burdensome that it is choking off innovation. Civilization depends on our expanding ability to produce food efficiently, which has markedly accelerated thanks to science and technology. The use of chemicals for fertilization and for pest and disease control, the induction of beneficial mutations in plants with chemicals or radiation to improve yields, and the mechanization of agriculture have all increased the amount of food that can be grown on each acre of land by as much as 10 times in the last 100 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/op...me&ref=general Note: August 18, 2011 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-19-11, 06:19 PM	#2
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	It'll all come down to Soylent Green anyway. __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html

08-20-11, 07:26 AM	#5
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Semi-finished products, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-20-11, 08:06 AM	#6
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	still, they should really get the global population under control __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

08-20-11, 03:17 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-19-11, 06:21 PM	#8
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Food has always and will always be a weapon. Feed the hungry? You get Allies. Though they may not be the most trusted.

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