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Re: Corn

Post by Tero » Fri Aug 09, 2019 9:53 pm

Not strictly on corn, but a researcher on modified potatoes in Scotland has turned against what used to fund his work
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Post by Tero » Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:16 am

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Local professor's slide. We don't eat our corn, directly.
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Post by laklak » Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:18 am

Fucking ethanol, biggest goddamn scam out there.
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Post by Svartalf » Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:40 am

Yeah, I hate the corn growing industry, especially in France where they insist on growing it in areas that are not really suitable for such a crop.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:00 am

The same here where it is cash crop that needs little maintenance. The corn mostly grown is not fit for human consumption.
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Re: Corn

Post by rainbow » Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:49 pm

laklak wrote: ↑
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Re: Corn

Post by Svartalf » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:05 pm

:whisper: I think he's talking about the undrinkable fuel varieties...
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Post by laklak » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:33 pm

Yes. Putting booze in cars is fucking tragic.
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Post by Svartalf » Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:49 pm

Why do you want to deny cars the pleasures of drunkenness? you antimachinist you.
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Post by laklak » Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:52 pm

I treat my cars like objects.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:15 pm

Some are madly in love with their cars.
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Re: Corn

Post by laklak » Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:27 pm

Objectophiles. Some people fuck exhaust pipes and marry buildings. They're fucking nuts.
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Post by JimC » Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:19 pm

Biofuels in general are rather iffy in an environmental sense, unless they are made from farm waste etc.
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Re: Corn

Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:08 am

laklak wrote: ↑
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They dont have a nagging partner :smoke:
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Re: Corn

Post by rainbow » Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:15 pm

laklak wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:27 pm
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