Have I got Sci-Fi for YOU, only it's of the REAL variety.....
Mostly these days I've been out of touch with my Blog but bear with me have I got a tale for YOU....
I was just minding my business yakity yakity yah, blah blah blah, when all of a sudden I came to my own Blog and saw a comment that somebody left. I said to myself: "hey somebody gave a comment!" so naturaly I went to the comment and to my unhappy surprise I found that it was mostly like somebody trying to sell me stock on Genetic Engineered Trees. I found it interesting since I love to plant flowers and medicinal herbs, etc. What I discovered was something between a Dream and a Nightmare.
Genetic engineering started in something around the 1930's and we've been having a lot of fuss and concerns that have preocupied us. Some have been good concerns and others are not. Continuing on my line of thought with trees and also crops I found that we have been experimenting since the 1980's and the first Genetically Manipulated (GM) tree that was planted was in Belgium. Also there have been some of them planted by the process of cloning ( yes you read right ), among them are Christmas Trees, Eucalyptus Trees, and even trees that were planted by George Washington himself!! And though I haven't found any ecological or ethical problems with this (if any of you do find anything please leave a comment), I have found very good concerns with Genetically Engineered (GE) trees as brought in the report of the Recorces for the Future web page.
The problem basically is that in making GM trees their is no way that we can find out the long term problem with them and to the ecology. The most recent effects of these GM trees is discussed in the GreenPeace organization article and also on the one that I found on the Heruerka page. They discuss that these trees being manipulated to grow faster consume more rapidly the earth's resources. Also the fact that by breeding them to be more resistent to certain insects there are other insects that are important to the ecology that are afected by this like butterflies and such. Frankly I think that these are very good arguments and that at least some long term investigation should be made like the one that is being done by the canadians in the Arborea Project (Hail Canada!!).
In conclusion there are some sad facts that must be recognized, we as a society especially a capitalist society sometimes think more on money than anything else. I don't by any means say that the capitalist way is wrong but it has some flaws that if gone unchecked produce very SERIOUS problems. This is an example and does not limit itself to the trees, there is the problem of our own crops of Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans that have been manipulated and go into our systems every day. Think about it people and look around us the world is one sacred place and Gaia (The Earth) has been entrusted to us, and us to her. If we keep up with this we can end up like the classic disco song of Supernature where at the end we screwed the Earth so much that Mother Nature took revenge on us and even GOD was on her side.....
Chekit Me Fui, Peace!!!
I was just minding my business yakity yakity yah, blah blah blah, when all of a sudden I came to my own Blog and saw a comment that somebody left. I said to myself: "hey somebody gave a comment!" so naturaly I went to the comment and to my unhappy surprise I found that it was mostly like somebody trying to sell me stock on Genetic Engineered Trees. I found it interesting since I love to plant flowers and medicinal herbs, etc. What I discovered was something between a Dream and a Nightmare.
Genetic engineering started in something around the 1930's and we've been having a lot of fuss and concerns that have preocupied us. Some have been good concerns and others are not. Continuing on my line of thought with trees and also crops I found that we have been experimenting since the 1980's and the first Genetically Manipulated (GM) tree that was planted was in Belgium. Also there have been some of them planted by the process of cloning ( yes you read right ), among them are Christmas Trees, Eucalyptus Trees, and even trees that were planted by George Washington himself!! And though I haven't found any ecological or ethical problems with this (if any of you do find anything please leave a comment), I have found very good concerns with Genetically Engineered (GE) trees as brought in the report of the Recorces for the Future web page.
The problem basically is that in making GM trees their is no way that we can find out the long term problem with them and to the ecology. The most recent effects of these GM trees is discussed in the GreenPeace organization article and also on the one that I found on the Heruerka page. They discuss that these trees being manipulated to grow faster consume more rapidly the earth's resources. Also the fact that by breeding them to be more resistent to certain insects there are other insects that are important to the ecology that are afected by this like butterflies and such. Frankly I think that these are very good arguments and that at least some long term investigation should be made like the one that is being done by the canadians in the Arborea Project (Hail Canada!!).
In conclusion there are some sad facts that must be recognized, we as a society especially a capitalist society sometimes think more on money than anything else. I don't by any means say that the capitalist way is wrong but it has some flaws that if gone unchecked produce very SERIOUS problems. This is an example and does not limit itself to the trees, there is the problem of our own crops of Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans that have been manipulated and go into our systems every day. Think about it people and look around us the world is one sacred place and Gaia (The Earth) has been entrusted to us, and us to her. If we keep up with this we can end up like the classic disco song of Supernature where at the end we screwed the Earth so much that Mother Nature took revenge on us and even GOD was on her side.....
Chekit Me Fui, Peace!!!
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