Luka Rubinjoni / is on Nostr

Guy whose' main problem with the petroleum industry is the use of a nonstandard barrel unit.

Callsign: YU4ETE
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2024-07-07 01:33:58

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This requires maintaining stock lineages that reproduce from seed and have stable traits, then crossing them to produce the hybrid - and requires at least two lineages, and skilled laborers, quality control etc. With GMO, corporations have "patented" the seed, so they aggressively litigate instead. I figure Monsanto would be even happier if farmers wouldn't even obtain physical seeds from them - just grow the GMO crop from last year's seed, and pay rent for it. 2/2

2024-07-07 01:25:48

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That's what the seed producers have been doing before GMO: selectively breeding hybrids that have high yields and other desirable traits in first generation. One side effect of crossing different lineages is (occasionally, depending on the lineages) poor performance of seeds and poor growth of the second generation. 1/2

2024-07-06 23:46:01

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The main societal problem is the push from corporations to ban the reuse of seeds by treating the GMO plants as their "intellectual property" that they in fact rent to farmers under extremely restrictive licenses. This cuts the costs of producing "classical" hybrids (which is labor intensive), but in the same time ruins genetic diversity of crops (by running local seed producers/institutes/seed banks out of business), and forces farmers to use the corporate product. 2/2

2024-07-06 23:37:20

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It doesn't necessarily have to be GMO, a lot of "classical" plant hybrids (made by selectively cross pollinating different lineages) have sterile or low yield seeds. A lot of GMO plants, like Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" soy, are not (in the classical sense) hybrids, and produce fully viable seeds. This causes both biosafety (GMO plants can cross pollinate, and grow from seed in the wild), and societal problems. 1/2

2024-06-19 09:37:30

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I got walked out of St. Peter's square for loudly replying to John Paul II while he was giving a public address.

2024-06-13 21:19:35

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They should invest in my single-phonon-violin startup instead.

2024-05-21 14:34:23

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Severe risks to their business...

2024-05-10 11:35:17

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We just won't look up.

2024-04-24 14:39:43

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I doubt gas vehicles will be "forgotten" for any actual off road use in the perceivable future.