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2017-06-06 at 7:47 PM UTCFor third parties reading this; this is why literally everyone fucking hates Bill Krozby.
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2017-06-07 at 2:04 AM UTC
Originally posted by Zanick No, I'm very reserved and don't usually go out of my way to meet people. I used to shop there with my sister, and once we were rung up by a vegan cashier who noticed my sister's chicken. I played her up as a devout carnivore and now, every time my sister shops there, guess which cashier's line is always open? My sister is scorned for her meal choices every time she buys groceries.
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2017-06-07 at 3:28 AM UTC"there are hundreds of studies that show GMOs are dangerous"
"show me a reliable one"
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2017-06-07 at 3:29 AM UTCeither that or they post the serrano study with a straight face
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2017-06-07 at 3:54 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra that's a legit concern though - they say they've never actually sold them but reports from India indicate otherwise
The purpose of terminator seeds is to make the seeds not propagate, not for pure profit but to avoid environmental concerns regarding biodiversity etc. Terminator seeds are a good thing, they curb those issues of choking out "natural" flora. It's the business model that Monsanto chooses around them that sucks. You can't blame the tech.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2017-06-07 at 3:58 AM UTCthe two are tied together though - I'd hazard to say the GURTS tech was originally designed for profit, not to prevent cross-pollination or contamination or whatever else.
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2017-06-07 at 4:10 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra the two are tied together though - I'd hazard to say the GURTS tech was originally designed for profit, not to prevent cross-pollination or contamination or whatever else.
That's the argument I've always had - Monsanto are shady as fuck due to their business practices, it doesn't mean their products are dangerous though.
Well ultimately if a for-profit company makes it, it's for profit. But creating terminator seeds for the purpose of profiting specifically off selling seeds each year (which is what I assume you are thinking of as their direct motivation) would be kind of silly; Monsanto doesn't make its revenue through raw seed sales, they do it through licensing the right to use their intellectual property.
The actual cost of buying seeds year on year is literally pocket change (something like $250 for 80,000 corn seeds for example), it is negligible. Monsanto makes money selling farmers contracts to actually use their seeds, and roping you into buying their insecticides, pesticides and a bunch of other ancillary stuff. Whether you do that that with GURT or not makes an absolutely negligible difference. The only reason it's not used now is because hippies made a fuss about it tbh, Monsanto just keeps losing the PR war.
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2017-06-07 at 4:14 AM UTCThere are an enormous amount of myths about Monsanto. They actually seem like a pretty standard large corporation, they've just been made into the face of evil.
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2017-06-07 at 4:16 AM UTCSo my mom's husband after my dad died, (I just don't like to call anyone dad or step dad), is a big time farmer in my region is actually looking into buildimg or getting involved in industrial hemp farming which apparently around here you need some serious licensed and other shit to get involved in vit there's A LOT of money to made. From what I understand there's only likr a few special combined in the World that can partake?
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2017-06-07 at 4:22 AM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ So my mom's husband after my dad died, (I just don't like to call anyone dad or step dad), is a big time farmer in my region is actually looking into buildimg or getting involved in industrial hemp farming which apparently around here you need some serious licensed and other shit to get involved in vit there's A LOT of money to made. From what I understand there's only likr a few special combined in the World that can partake?
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2017-06-07 at 4:24 AM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ So my mom's husband after my dad died, (I just don't like to call anyone dad or step dad), is a big time farmer in my region is actually looking into buildimg or getting involved in industrial hemp farming which apparently around here you need some serious licensed and other shit to get involved in vit there's A LOT of money to made. From what I understand there's only likr a few special combined in the World that can partake?
as I understand it one of the reasons why marjuana was originally banned was because hemp as a fibre threatened dupont's textile market share - it was made illegal to harvest on the basis that it could be abused as a drug, and there were ridiculous restrictions placed on what types of hemp could be grown even if it was only minimally psychoactive. The only ones certified are GMOs protected by pervasive IP laws; dunno if that's changed since the push to get weed legalisedThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2017-06-07 at 4:28 AM UTCI mean it's changing of course but it's still for whatever reason highly regulated. Like I said don't know much about it I just think it's neat he's trying to get into it.
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2017-06-07 at 5:13 AM UTC
Originally posted by aldra as I understand it one of the reasons why marjuana was originally banned was because hemp as a fibre threatened dupont's textile market share - it was made illegal to harvest on the basis that it could be abused as a drug, and there were ridiculous restrictions placed on what types of hemp could be grown even if it was only minimally psychoactive. The only ones certified are GMOs protected by pervasive IP laws; dunno if that's changed since the push to get weed legalised
Also because William Randolph Hearst supposedly owned most of the Canadian paper mills that his papers "owed money to" and hemp fiber would undercut wood pulp for paper manufacturing. Don't quote me on this, I heard that shit from Joe Rogan. -
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