Sat 21 Feb 2009
These days, $50,000 and ebay can get you a lot of genetic engineering equipment
Posted by benadair under links, sustainability
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After a very intense week where I heard some rather scary warnings about the future round of ecoterrorism that may or may not happen (all off the record, but here’s a hint: disease eradication does not necessarily mean you should not get immunized), I’m in Michigan, minding my own business and hanging out with far-flung family.
Brief glances at the internet today brought just four things to my attention.
First, Hillary Clinton is right. There are no human rights at 1000 ppm.
Second, things in California are already looking pretty bad.
Our third year of record draught is already hitting farmers. Not only are the feds cutting back on water deliveries to the Central Valley, but DWP is going to start rationing in May.
Quote of the week:
“You can get just enough genetic engineering equipment on ebay to improvize a fairly devastating solution to this whole global warming problem.”
February 21st, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Quote of the week, runner up: “I’m going to teach my kid to be a ninja so he can kick your kid’s ass when they’re fighting over bread.”
March 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
This is a pretty good intro to the issue of synthetic biology (though the debate misses some important points) . The fact that this technology is sliding under the radar is really scary.
http://blog.longnow.org/2008/11/18/drew-endy-jim-thomas-synthetic-biology-debate/