Christian Democrats in the United States
Domestic Issues - Environment Please tour our lovely National Park System and reflect upon our choices in this great Eden.We support organic farming methods since the use of synthetic chemicals in agriculture incurs disproportionate health consequences on the uninsured poor. We support all efforts to develop sustainable fuel and materials sources from agriculture. We must take every possible measure to ensure that companies producing goods in America do not pollute our air, land and water. We need to solve the energy crisis, but are extremely skeptical of nuclear power's ability to do so.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
12:28 AM
dangers of GMO algae
Petroleum producers interested in bio-fuels is probably a good thing. If carbon does replenish the earth, it's time to start harvesting it before the climate gets out of control like it seems to have done in the fossil record after other large scale volcanic increases in CO2 content. However, we cannot let the "reverse bandwagon" of fighting global warming delude us into thinking all bio-fuel technology is safe for the environment. This is, after all, Exxon. Blooms of algae can be extremely hazardous to salt and fresh water life, growing so fast they choke out all variety of life and then rot, leaving the waters stale without oxygen. We must take great care with genetic modification of algae for oil resource production. Leaks of GMO stock will happen - again, this is Exxon after all. Without the proper scientific testing protocol in place, genetic experimentation with algae growth could potentially mutate into the "green plague" that wipes out all our water supplies.> detail, links and comments >>
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