Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-13 Thread Keith Addison
TWN have now made available the final and correct version of the paper by Traavik and Heinemann that was circulated last week. 301kb pdf: http://www.biosafety-info.net/file_dir/719762120455431f1a3942.pdf The paper below is a draft version, the full version with refs will be available at TWN

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-08 Thread Keith Addison
Please see also: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg32271.html Keith Addison 22 Feb 2004 Re GMOs.. Hi Ken ; If someone developed a genetically modified plant that would grow well in marginal areas and produced high quality vegetable oil, that could be

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-07 Thread Keith Addison
Rice farmers biggest losers over altered rice, exec says BY NANCY COLE Arkansas Democrat Gazette, November 4 2006 http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/171621/ Roughly 40 percent of U. S. rice exports have been negatively affected by what many experts consider to be their industry's worst crisis, a

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-07 Thread Keith Addison
The paper below is a draft version, the full version with refs will be available at TWN in due course. - Keith GM WATCH daily http://www.gmwatch.org --- --- 1.Introduction from GM Watch 2.Genetic Engineering (GE) and Omitted Health Research: Still No Answers to Ageing Questions --- ---

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Guag Meister
- Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2006 10:22:18 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi All ; You know, you cannot patent a perpetual motion machine of any kind. Why

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Ken Riznyk
, grafting, inarching, etc. - Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 3:17:12 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; First, correct me if I am wrong, but I

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Guag Meister
. - Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 3:17:12 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; First, correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the varieties you

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Ken Riznyk
, grafting, inarching, etc. - Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 3:17:12 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; First, correct me if I am wrong, but I

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Keith Addison
, 2006 6:21:47 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; This is exactly what should be changed. This is what is creating the GMO problem. Patent protection for inventions, yes. They stay on your land or in your house and don't affect me if I don't want them

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Kirk McLoren
arching, etc. - Original Message From: Guag Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 3:17:12 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; First, correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the v

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Guag Meister
? Ken BR Peter G. - Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, November 6, 2006 6:21:47 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi Ken ; This is exactly what should be changed

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-06 Thread Guag Meister
Hi Ken ; If someone developed a genetically modified plant that would grow well in marginal areas and produced high quality vegetable oil, that could be easily extracted, would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Or for that matter, if someone developed a plant that grew well in

[Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-05 Thread Guag Meister
Hi All ; You know, you cannot patent a perpetual motion machine of any kind. Why couldn't we do the same for life forms? In other words, let's say the patent office announced that in 3 years, any and all life forms cannot be patented. There would be a rush to complete existing work, and then

Re: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed.

2006-11-05 Thread Ken Riznyk
on the candy bars that keep on shrinking, but there are important advances too. Ken - Original Message From: Guag Meister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2006 10:22:18 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be outlawed. Hi All ; You know