🦋 Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

Feb 20, 2023

education.nationalgeographic.orgGenetically Modified OrganismsA genetically modified organism contains DNA that has been altered using genetic engineering. Genetically modified animals are mainly used for research purposes, while genetically modified plants are common in today’s food supply.

A genetically modified organism contains DNA that has been altered using genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering can be used to make crops disease resistant, produce more, grow faster, and make food more nutritious.

Genetic engineering can do the same for animals too.

Imagine a world where chicken lay 2 eggs a day for 365 days per year and can keep up that rate of production for 5 years.

Cows produce 80 litres of highly nutritious milk a day.

Cows and chicken reared for their meat mature in half the time currently required. They are 50% bigger than current livestock and their meat is leaner, tender, tastier, and more healthy.

Production per acre for grains like wheat and rice increase by 50%. Same for other food crops like fruits and vegetables.

Time taken for plants to mature is reduced by 50%

Plants and animals are resistant to disease.

The scale of improvement above are ridiculous. If Science and technology can bring about half of the rate of the above, food production would be much higher. Famines and food shortages will not be a problem.

The 🌍 will be able to support a higher population than what was proposed in

The answer depends who you ask. Answers given by experts and influential people range from 500 million to 5 billion.LESS MAN MORE SHARE.The 🌍 has finite resources. The resources of the 🌍 has to support its population.The lower its population the bigger the share per person. If you ask a very rich person who consumes 1000X the current average of the world's production divided by its population you will get a low figure for the ideal population size.Based on the lifestyle of the poorer people the 🌍 can support over 10 billion people.Can science and technology boost production and make more efficient use of the 🌍's resources so that it can support a figure that is higher than 10 billion?Is the earth currently overpopulated?The 🌍 can be overpopulated but it will deplete its resources and so reduce the size of the sustainable population.Having a population higher than the sustainable population will eventually lead to depopulation.Where are we currently?The current population of the 🌍 is around 7 billion. In terms of sustainability, we are not in the immediate danger of depopulation. 🦋Sustainable population is different from Ideal population. The ideal population has to be lower than the Sustainable population. How much lower?As mentioned earlier the amount will depend on who you ask.Who will have more power to decide on the figure? The rich, powerful, and influential people or the lower class people of the world?The answer given by an influential person isProfessor Paul Erlich is the professor of population studies at Stanford University. He is considered as the most renowned person on population studies.According to him the ideal is between 1.5 billion to 2 billion. He says that 4 or 5 billion is sustainable but the quality of life will be low.He is calling for a huge reduction in the population of the 🌍 and for the redistribution of its resources.Do you agree with him?What do you think is the ideal population of the 🌍 ?The range given by influential people ranges from 500 million to 5 billion. Even if you take the highest figure of 5 billion people, it will require the current population to be reduced by 2 billion. Roughly 1/3 of the current population. What are some of the ways such a depopulation can take place quickly?How can depopulation take place slowly say over 50 years?Is 50 years too slow and the world will be in crisis before 50 years has passed?

bbs.market🦋 What is the ideal population for earth?The answer depends who you ask. Answers given by experts and influential people range from 500 million to 5 billion.LESS MAN MORE SHARE.The 🌍 has finite resources. The resources of the 🌍 has to support its population.The lower its population the bigger the share per person. If you ask a very rich person who consumes 1000X the current average of the world's production divided by its population you will get a low figure for the ideal population size.Based on the lifestyle of the poorer people the 🌍 can support over 10 billion people.Can science and technology boost production and make more efficient use of the 🌍's resources so that it can support a figure that is higher than 10 billion?Is the earth currently overpopulated?The 🌍 can be overpopulated but it will deplete its resources and so reduce the size of the sustainable population.Having a population higher than the sustainable population will eventually lead to depopulation.Where are we currently?The current population of the 🌍 is around 7 billion. In terms of sustainability, we are not in the immediate danger of depopulation. 🦋Sustainable population is different from Ideal population. The ideal population has to be lower than the Sustainable population. How much lower?As mentioned earlier the amount will depend on who you ask.Who will have more power to decide on the figure? The rich, powerful, and influential people or the lower class people of the world?The answer given by an influential person isProfessor Paul Erlich is the professor of population studies at Stanford University. He is considered as the most renowned person on population studies.According to him the ideal is between 1.5 billion to 2 billion. He says that 4 or 5 billion is sustainable but the quality of life will be low.He is calling for a huge reduction in the population of the 🌍 and for the redistribution of its resources.Do you agree with him?What do you think is the ideal population of the 🌍 ?The range given by influential people ranges from 500 million to 5 billion. Even if you take the highest figure of 5 billion people, it will require the current population to be reduced by 2 billion. Roughly 1/3 of the current population. What are some of the ways such a depopulation can take place quickly?How can depopulation take place slowly say over 50 years?Is 50 years too slow and the world will be in crisis before 50 years has passed?

Not everybody welcome GMO. There is a belief that GMO food is not healthy.

There is even belief that GMO is part of a plan to depopulate the 🌍. Ie GMO will ruin the health of people and cause them to die earlier. Do you consider this as Conspiracy theory?

Will you consume GMO?

What do you think of genetic engineering? It has also been used for humans. Is genetic engineering wrong?

For example, certain conditions are not caused by any germs, bacteria, virus, or fungi.The condition is caused by genes that we inherit. Modifying certain part of the string in the DNA of the gene may stop the spread of the condition.

Hmm. I am wondering whether to make a post on research on DMD which is sex linked (carried on the X chromosome) inherited condition.

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