I've been following the Dennis Avery threads and reading John Robbins
and I have to admit, I am really confused. I went to college for three
years during which time the vast majority of my classes were in the
physical sciences so I am almost completely unfamiliar with biological
science. What I don't understand is this; how can scientists in the
same discipline come up with different answers to the same questions?
That is pretty darn impossible in physics and math so why is it so
common in these other scientific disciplines? Is somebody lying? I
have a hard time believing that because nobody wins if the environment
is destroyed. It's not like there's another planet for the well heeled
to run to.
I have read some of Dennis Avery's words and he is a smooth talking
guy. He is also, I think, clearly intelligent. Clinton was a Rhodes
scholar. John Robbins presents what seems to be a clear picture that
meat production is destabilizing other economies, causing wide spread
hunger and is responsible for untold environmental damage. Add to this
picture the consequences of the global market which tend to force the
price of commodities ever downward and it all seems like "A Really Bad
Idea" yet Clinton and I presume Gore and I presume George W., should he
get elected, and Reagan, and Bush etc... are now or have been promoting
these policies. Why?
Not even the greediest, most unscrupulous person in the world would set
fire to a house he cannot leave to make a profit.
Another question: how does vertical integration differ from a monopoly?
It's been a long time since I studied monopolies but they seem to pretty
much the same thing.
Is Monsanto doing anything, actually as opposed to some day in some
hypothetical future, to combat world hunger? From what I've read, they
are contributing to hunger by promoting those crops that take arable
land out of local food production by concentrating on feed grade
soybeans and corn and cotton. Do they know this? I know somebody who
retired from Monsanto and he seem's like a nice guy.
All my information is second hand but I do see that most of the people
who are pro GM etc..., make their living from the mega corps. And I
find it deeply troubling that these same people seem to be in and out of
government jobs. Still, I come back to my basic premise: No one sets
his house on fire.
Thanks
Sasha
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