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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by Applejinx on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:22PM (#13878958)
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.
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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @08:52PM (#13881396)
> 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.

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Re:Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer by ethbro on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @08:47PM (#13881372)
Do 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.

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