Organic vs. Genetically Engineered food

Supposedly Sacramento will be hosting a conference on genetically engineered (G-E)foods. 130 different countries are invited to attend this event. So far, I'm of the opinion that if genetically altered foods are safe enough, we should go for it. Certainly, it would be a boon for the starving nations, who need food.



At the same time, I am reading an interview in the Sun magazine of an organic farmer, Michael Ableman. On G-E foods,
Ableman says, "The book states that if organic methods were widely adopted today, millions of people would starve. But there's not a single agricultural system -- organic, biodynamic, or whatever--that can solve the issue of overpopulation. The population problem has to be viewed as a population problem, not as an agricultural problem. People make the mistake that we can deal with it by growing more food, engineered or otherwise."

I'm trying to figure out what the solution to overpopulation should be? Wars? Limitations on children? I'm also wondering if the overpopulace aren't fed, will they just wither away and die without a fight? Or will they attempt to take food if they cannot get it via normal means?

A scientist who made advances in genetically engineered foods once said, "You cannot have a peaceful world when millions are starving."

This organic farmer is a proponent of small farms that individual families can tend to themselves, and use soil techniques that allow one to use the same land for potentially thousands of years. That's all good and well, but how well would this do in Africa?

I am inclined to agree with Penn and Teller on this issue, insofar as organic farming seems to be a luxury most non-americans cannot afford.

The middle of the day in review:

Today has been reasonably productive, albeit tedious. I have to craft some communications that will be sent out to the unwashed masses, so I must be cautious to communicate in simple terms. Needless to say, it takes me a while to pretend I am an uneducated person, with poor reading comprehension skills and a short attention span. Actually, I can work with the short attention spanners; we be kindred spirits.

Despite my sense of corporate contentment, I would much rather be elsewhere. Maybe I’ll duck out to the gym over lunch.

I want a road trip. I want a camping excursion. Well, I want a lot of things.

What’s all this I hear about a 19 year old who built a search engine getting smacked around by the RIAA? In this day and age of corporations getting plenty of free reign, I tire of corporations whining that they aren’t getting enough profit. Furthermore, I think they would sell more if they let music sharing progress. It will, in many cases, sell more music. I know I won’t be buying new music unless I can hear it, first. Bullying the little technology geek is just a way to fund the legal teams of the RIAA, nothing more.

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I can't believe I've been with my company for 10 years. I get an anniversary gift as a result. I can choose from jewelry, luggage, a smoker(Char-broil deluxe), an exercycle, brief cases, watches, Lladro figurine, etc.

Oh, decisions.

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Ms Tao and I hung out tonight to acquire some things.

Some comments overheard from us:

"Wow, this parking lot is really screwed up."
"Yeah, it was made before designers were required to take drug tests."

"Hey, big boy! I'm in the market for some rosaries. Can a hunk like you hook me up?"


"I think your dog probably pissed on your clippers."

"It all started with the braunschweiger sandwich."