regarding food: (1) GMO as long as bug resistance, not the excessive
growth type, no problem. (2) better use organic food, with less qty
but more quality - not big orange full of water, with no taste... (3)
population and body size control. my 2cents... hard to do with a
slap meat in front of me... (half rack of rib is not enough... corn?
1 is more than enough - with butter please...;-).
jk
On Aug 26, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Karen Tellefsen wrote:
> I don't completely understand the anti-GMO stuff. To me, GMO food
> is just
> as good for humans eat as non-GMO food, in some cases better, as with
> golden rice. I can understand the crop diversity and possible
> unforeseen
> environmental effects arguments, but they need to be substantiated
> with
> data.
>
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> From: Ahne Oosterhof <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>,
> Date: 08/26/2014 11:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - I believe ... (my credo)
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> Ha, ha. Recently I asked an anti-GMO signature collector if he
> would eat
> corn. Of course he would.
> Then I pointed out that corn is GMO, starting as grass. He walked
> away.
>
> Ahne.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dwight Mattix
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> corn is grass.
>
>
> "Grass is what my food eats." Ron Swanson
>
>
> At 07:11 AM 8/26/2014, Pete wrote:
>> Some good answers here, led me to do some more research
>>
>> About 1/3 of the US corn crop goes towards livestock feed.
>> 13% is exported.
>> 40% is used for ethanol production
>> That leaves 14% for food and beverage (including oils, syrups,
>> sugars)
>>
>> Ethanol is being used in some cases to replace MTBE, to increase
>> octane
>> rating. Why? Because of it's resistance to ignition. This is very
>> tiny percentage of the gasoline blend. E10 and E85 are ethanol as an
>> attempt to replace fossil fuels. However, that resistance to
>> ignition,
>> when used at 10% or 86% is what makes it an inefficient fuel,
>> increasing consumption by 3% or 25% respectively. It takes one
>> unit of
>> fossil fuel to generate 1.3 units of (less efficient) ethanol fuel.
>>
>> Since 1980, the ethanol industry has received $45B in government
> subsidies.
>>
>> The windmills don't seem so bad anymore.
>>
>> Pete
>
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