So far, this is what we've had from GMOs, as far as biofuels are concerned:
http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-02-05-study.htm GM Bacteria could destroy all life on earth - Report Klebsiella planticola--The Gene-Altered Monster That Almost Got Away The Deadly Genetically Engineered Bacteria that Almost Got Away: A Cautionary Talle Web Note: In the early 1990s a European genetic engineering company was preparing to field test and then commercialize on a major scale a genetically engineered soil bacteria called Klebsiella planticola. The bacteria had been tested--as it turns out in a careless and very unscientific mannner--by scientists working for the biotech industry and was believed to be safe for the environment. Fortunately a team of independent scientists, headed by Dr. Elaine Ingham of Oregon State University, decided to run their own tests on the gene-altered Klebsiella planticola. What they discovered was not only startling, but terrifying-- the biotech industry had created a biological monster--a genetically engineered microorganism that would kill all terrestrial plants. After Ingham's expose, of course the gene-altered Klebsiella planticola was never commercialized. But as Ingham points out, the lack of pre-market safety testing of other genetically altered organisms virtually guarantees that future biological monsters will be released into the environment. Moreover it's not only genetic engineering that poses a mortal threat to our soil ecology, the soil food web, as Ingham calls it. Chemical-intensive agriculture is slowly but surely poisoning our soil and our drinking water as well. The purpose of the thing was to convert cellulose plant residue to alcohol. Unfortunately it converted living plants to alcohol as well. This is a good example - there's certainly a need for better cellulose-to-alcohol technology, and biotech should be able to provide excellent solutions. But instead we get this really bad science - sloppy, careless, arrogant, and VERY STUPID. Regarding what I said about corporate spin, have a look at this to see what happened to Dr Ingham: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/gm/gm.jsp?id=22801100 New Scientist | GM Foods | The accused The accused - Is the biotech industry trying to silence one of its outspoken critics? SUPPORTERS of the biotech industry have accused an American scientist of misconduct after she testified to the New Zealand government that a genetically modified bacterium could wreak havoc if released... "They're trying to cause trouble with my university and get me fired," Ingham told New Scientist. [more] The New Scientist is not sensationalist and Ingham's not being paranoid - remember what happened to Arpad Pusztai. Also: http://ngin.tripod.com/deceit_index.html SEEDS OF DISSENT: Anti-GM scientists are facing widespread assaults on their credibility - who is behind the attacks? http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4412987,00.html From the Guardian ..... The fake persuaders Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the internet http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,723926,00.html Guardian Unlimited Corporate Phantoms - The Web of Deceit Over GM Food We should trustingly put the future of our food supplies and our environment into the hands of these scumbags? And if we have our doubts then we're Luddites, standing in the way of "science"? LOL! Somebody who's currently eating humble pie over just this issue is one Tony Blair, and quite right too. It's most delightful to see all the spin and lies blowing up in their faces. There are still a few honest journalists around. http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,726540,00.html Guardian Unlimited Green lobby forces Blair into rethink over GM So, amid all this excrement, when are we likely to get a real GMO to convert cellulose for us, without killing everything? Fat chance of any real science emerging from this disgusting mess. Best Keith Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
