Comments on: Huge Vegetables From Outer Space May End World Food Crisis http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:25:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex Miller http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173/comment-page-1#comment-221323 Alex Miller Sat, 09 May 2009 23:53:09 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173#comment-221323 Is it confirmed that these seeds have different genes? Does the gigantism trait pass on to offspring? Perhaps they are "safer" than gm plants but there is still the problem of rejecting wild lineages or the diversity of saving seeds. There will be farms that produce only giants and the diverse gene pool will shrink. Is it confirmed that these seeds have different genes? Does the gigantism trait pass on to offspring?
Perhaps they are “safer” than gm plants but there is still the problem of rejecting wild lineages or the diversity of saving seeds. There will be farms that produce only giants and the diverse gene pool will shrink.

]]> By: Beekeeper http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173/comment-page-1#comment-45703 Beekeeper Sun, 18 May 2008 20:56:35 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173#comment-45703 Junk science again. And poor reporting that reiterates the dumbest misconception of failing physics students and idiots the world over. To even suggest that lack of gravity caused a change in the seeds betrays the author's lassitude. Gravity pervades every nook and cranny in the universe. Newton knew this hundreds of years ago. He determined the inverse square law that describes the gravitational pull between any two objects. Every atom in the universe exerts a pull on every other atom, but from a distance the pull's force approaches negligible values. Nevertheless, an object as large as Earth, or the sun, exerts a phenomenal pull on objects revolving around it. That's why the moon remains in its orbit. The seeds experienced free-fall, just as astronauts drifting around the cabin of the space shuttle do, or as folks on a falling elevator car would. They are weightless as they fall but gravity still has its impact, obviously, since they are falling toward some celestial body. Junk science again. And poor reporting that reiterates the dumbest misconception of failing physics students and idiots the world over. To even suggest that lack of gravity caused a change in the seeds betrays the author’s lassitude. Gravity pervades every nook and cranny in the universe. Newton knew this hundreds of years ago. He determined the inverse square law that describes the gravitational pull between any two objects. Every atom in the universe exerts a pull on every other atom, but from a distance the pull’s force approaches negligible values. Nevertheless, an object as large as Earth, or the sun, exerts a phenomenal pull on objects revolving around it. That’s why the moon remains in its orbit. The seeds experienced free-fall, just as astronauts drifting around the cabin of the space shuttle do, or as folks on a falling elevator car would. They are weightless as they fall but gravity still has its impact, obviously, since they are falling toward some celestial body.

]]> By: William http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173/comment-page-1#comment-43990 William Wed, 14 May 2008 20:07:34 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/huge-vegetables-from-outer-space-may-end-world-food-crisis/1173#comment-43990 Pihranas put in early-earth environment pods grew to giantism. It may hvae something to do with vibrational interference between the electrical system of a lifeform and the planet or a supplying field. Life forms also try to make a complete biological ecology circuit. Vegetables are trying to grow to enrich the soil and spread their kind in the space environment. Bacteria become more deadly trying to thrive on humans or other life forms, editing / 'evolving/devolving' them more intensely. Pihranas put in early-earth environment pods grew to giantism. It may hvae something to do with vibrational interference between the electrical system of a lifeform and the planet or a supplying field.

Life forms also try to make a complete biological ecology circuit. Vegetables are trying to grow to enrich the soil and spread their kind in the space environment. Bacteria become more deadly trying to thrive on humans or other life forms, editing / ‘evolving/devolving’ them more intensely.

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