At 02:23 PM 8/26/2014, Yuan-chia Joyce Koo wrote:
>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...;-).
one leaves you satiated because of the good healthy animal fat. the
other spikes your blood sugar and leaves you wanting to eat more in a
couple hours.
baconnnnnnn. more bacon for world peace. ;)
> 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.
>>
>>Karen Tellefsen - Electrical Testing
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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
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 7:28 AM
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>>Subject: Re: [TN] NTC - I believe ... (my credo)
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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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