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Listed below are comments made by Reflectmike between Tuesday, 24th March 2009 and Tuesday, 24th March 2009.

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Is the green movement part of the problem? 9:01pm on 24 Mar 2009 The fight against genetic engineering is fuelled by unsubstantiated arguments akin to superstition. Mankind has developped new crops and influenced the evolution of species since the early days of agriculture and animal taming, several thousand years ago. New capabilities in the lab extend the process, only in a more focused way and faster.
Given an appropriate set of precautionnary measures, all available solutions will be welcome to face the (untested) challenge of accomodating ten billions humans on this small planet.

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