Reply #17: I agree that it's a bit of a chicken and egg deal. [View All]

[JoeyT]

The problem is that all the really bad stuff has mostly come from Monsanto.
It's entirely possible only Monsanto's shit is bad because they either have crappy quality control or shortsighted policies.

There are problems with any new technology. The trick is to find solutions to the problems so the technology can be used on a wide scale. This won't happen as long as one(or even a few) companies are granted free reign to do pretty much whatever they like without any oversight.

Genetically engineered crops *could* feed the world and be safe. But they won't be as long as the company that creates them does so to create massive profits. Therein lies the problem. All the GMOs floating around right now were created with one thing in mind: the bottom line. Safety, reliability, and anything else to do with "ethics" were pretty far down the list. Practically nothing that promises to better humanity does anything remotely useful when it's done with profit being the primary goal.