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Links Intro to Synthetic Biology January 5, 2013 ( LocalOrg /Tony Cartalucci ) – Professor Jamie Davies walks an audience through the coming synthetic biology revolution. Comparing it to the personal computer revolution of the 70’s and 80’s, Professor Davies explains the lessons learned and how they can be applied to developing an open and constructive use of synthetic biology
Caution Thomas Midgley Jr. is well known for having "more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth’s history". Midgley’s team was responsible for CFC refrigerants, and the introduction of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock agent in gasoline. The CFCs have had both good and bad effects, the identification of the bad ones, ozone depletion, and the calculus is irrelevant at this point with the Montreal Protocols and the availability of adequate substitutes. Tetraethyl lead is another story and a report in Mother Jones today provides a useful platform from which to view the introduction of GMO technology. The Weasel has posed seven questions, but even he admits that there are two core ones 4: Can we really be sure that GM crops are safe — for our fellow creatures in the environment at large; or for consumers – whether livestock or people
Excerpt from: Vote for the top climate story of 2012
Russell Seitz said… Embedded in the thread is this censored exchange ( Monkers omits my wishing a merry Christmas to all at Rannoch)All that remains is to run Eli’s metatext through the Talk Like A pirate translator, and we’ll have a paper fit for publication in Energy & Environment and serialization in American Thinker Russell Seitz says:December 25, 2012 at 3:43 pm[snip.
Late last month, Kyle Bass, managing partner of Hayman Capital, shared his thoughts in a video at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Investing Conference with Professor Ken Eades. It is a fantastic interview that echoes many of the things I have been saying about Japan for quite some time.
Signifiers Going to the AGU Fall Meeting clarified many issues for Eli First, there is a clear and strong consensus supporting the main pillars of the IPCC AR4, and the USGCRP. Â Climate change is occurring, driven by human influences and dangerous. Â Action to stop carbon emissions is needed immediately.
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david lewis said… I didn’t mean to imply Porritt was a Marxist – what I meant to write was that you can count on many who say they are inspired by Rachel Carson not to have read her.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reports Eurozone nears Japan-style trap as money and credit contract again .
