Extirpation

... my views that we don't need all the things we think we do. That so-called progress is not necessarily a good thing. railroads: enabled the near-extirpation of the American Indian (and the buffalo). Enabled Hitlers war machine (and mass transport of Jews to camps). Initiated what we now know ...

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... managed (so far) to break the cycle of speciation. We adaptively radiated, and specialized to our local climates, but now instead of facing local extirpation due to overspecialization, we are mixing our genes back up. However, a lack of "extreme" phenotypes may be a bad thing in the ...

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... and ideal organisms are produced. They tend to ignore the other side of the picture; that by nature, the process calls for the decreased fitness, extirpation, and eventual extinction of every species. Case studies that show altruism as having a net negative effect on the fitness of a population ...

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... include growth, well-being and frequency of gastro-intestinal and other symptoms. ________________________________ Bt-Corn : Risk can be Extreme
Extirpation of beneficial species
Disruption of community ecology
“New” species (pest-resistance, weeds) Increased need for pesticide ...

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