Quote: "I find they sometimes work hand in hand to make things worse"
That is what is called "crony capitalism". This never works out in the end. You end up with only a few people with power/money (which is where we are going if we don't stop it) and the masses dependent on handouts and subsidies. When capitalism and government (elected representation) are working at their best (doing what they are supposed to do), they have almost no interaction with each other.....
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What resources are we running out of? Sure there are parts of the world that have less of a particular resource than others, but that's an issue that fair trade can handle.
Quote: "Quote: "Currently there are two methods for farmers: insecticides and "organic"."
That's a common myth. You need to do a bit of research on that one."
Yes. I was being TOO specific and not including EVERYTHING that "organic" means. I am not worried if people want to go the organic route. I worry only that those measure will be IMPOSED for everyone. It hasn't happened yet, and there's no serious talk of doing that here.....
The "organic" (in quotes) is to emphasize that everything that is grown IS organic-- even when using insecticides and artificial fertilizers. The word is used to differentiate a method of agriculture.
"sustainability" is a buzz-word that has been tossed around for several years now. It's implication is that what we are presently doing is either "bad" or "we will run out". There are plenty of things we will run out of in the future like fossil fuels, but there is SOOOOO much of it that is untapped, that by the time we run out SURELY we will find a viable alternative. NO, I don't like "dirty air and dirty water", but right now we need the energy being produced by fossil fuels. Actually, I wish we could build more nuclear power planets here in the US. France uses nuclear power for electricity at ~79% and the US only ~19%.
Quote: "Quote: "Perhaps you are used to the government intruding into your life, but I am not."
What exactly is the relevance of that statement?
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Sorry, I was being unnecessarily inflammatory. Your "location" tag says you are from the UK. I am upset that we are heading toward a system more like the UK and EU. I don't like it! To each his own.....
Quote: "They might not be able to "make" you do anything but they can certainly ruin the world you live in.
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So can the government. Presently, we can elect officials that "can" make things better, but usually they don't because they become corrupt. Recently, the US people discovered that the NSA is spying on the US people without warrants-- this is still a big debate. Our Constitution was written with specific restrictions on the government. The restrictions are being violated and many people don't even seem to care!
Quote: "Limiting the power of large corporations is not necessarily "anti-capitalist""
Corporations are ONLY supposed to have power in the market. More and more the government takes kickbacks from these large corps and in turn makes the market favor those corps. This has to stop!
Now back to the OP:
I hope they figure out what the cause is..... I'm pretty sure I read one of the posts that linked an article that said it was a parasite that was infecting the larvae.... I also linked a vid that suggested cow urine would prevent this problem. I LOVE it when they find a natural way to fix things (really, I do)!
The fastest code is the code never written.
