
We could be cynical about Whole Foods declaring it will require all its suppliers to label products that contain genetically modified ingredients by 2018. We could be skeptical, if it weren’t so exciting and part of a larger trend of businesses weighing in to protect their interests. We could see the Whole Foods announcement, known [...]
The future effects of energy options, especially natural gas, depend entirely on our assumptions. Simple computation of cost and break-even appear to show natural gas as a better choice than burning coal. Improvements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking of underground shale releasing abundant natural gas make this plausible. However, a recent study published in [...]
It takes teams of people to craft a viable strategy that gives a business success while no one is looking. These include the best legal and legislative minds money can buy to make progress a word or a bill at a time. Case in point is Monsanto. The last couple of months show how Monsanto [...]
As a result of climate change supported by a consensus of the scientific community, extremely hot temperatures are being experienced more frequently around the world. James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute in a recent report shared that extreme heat which used to strike about .02% of the world’s land area in any given summer now [...]
Patent law covering genetically engineered foods and biotech technologies is in flux but only one outcome is on the side of history and humanity. Courts are unsure about which products and technologies should be protected by patent. A case filed by a 75 year old farmer against Monsanto is headed to the Supreme Court. Another [...]
Posted on 09 May 2013
This posting continues the serialization of my book on this website. As an incentive to readers to return to the site, each month I will post at least one Chapter of the book until the entire book is posted. Scroll back over the last few months to read earlier “Beyond Animal, Ego and Time” chapters. The book [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 May 2013
He makes too much sense. He must be right at least in some measure. The he is Allan Savory who did one of the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talks where he discussed the spreading deserts of our planet. His thesis is that there is a convergence of three threats that pose significant risk to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 April 2013
This posting continues the serialization of my book on this website. As an incentive to readers to return to the site, each month I will post at least one Chapter of the book until the entire book is posted. Scroll back over the last few months to read earlier “Beyond Animal, Ego and Time” chapters. The book [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 April 2013
A perennial question within animal research is are we projecting human attributes onto chimps and apes or is their human-like behavior natural? The results of a review of multiple studies appeared in the journal “Animal Behavior” and declared the behavior observed was not a projection, was real, and there was no evidence of researcher bias. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 March 2013
I’ve decided to serialize my book on this website. As an incentive to readers to return to the site, each month I will post at least one Chapter of the book until the entire book is posted. Go into the Archives to “Beyond Animal” for earlier chapters. The book provides context for the blog, clearly explaining the underlying [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 March 2013
I’ve decided to serialize my book on this website. As an incentive to readers to return to the site, each month I will post at least one Chapter of the book until the entire book is posted. Go into the Archives to “Beyond Aniimal” for earlier chapters. The book provides context for the blog, clearly explaining the underlying [...] Continue Reading