Speaking at the British Association's* Science Week, King will say that the Greenies' anti-science superstitions are causing unnecessary suffering in Africa. King blames "anti-poverty" campaigners, aid agencies and environmental activists for keeping modern farming techniques and bio-technology out of Africa.One of the most glaring - and ugly - facets of the "Save the Earth" movement is that it seems to demand ideological purity, often paid for by the blood of the world's poor:
"The suffering within [Africa], I believe, is largely driven by attitudes developed in the West which are somewhat anti-science, anti-technology - attitudes that lead towards organic farming, for example, attitudes that lead against the use of genetic technology for crops that could deal with increased salinity in the water, that can deal with flooding for rice crops, that can deal with drought resistance," King told The Times today.The accused parties? Friends of the Earth and Oxfam. Crikey, if these guys are in the spotlight, imagine what some of the kookier fringe groups are up to.
This is simply an astonishing J'accuse. RTWT.
Africa can't produce enough food because of unstable governments that fail in the most basic of human rights.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 60's 70's and 80's South Africa and Rhodesia were feeding the entire continent. Now that Mugabe has killed off or stolen all the farms from the Afrikaners they are in starvation mode. One of the most agriculturally rich nations on earth is starving.
I'll give the greenies a pass on this one... I don't think any amount of modern farming could help Africa right now.
Hammer, you are partially right, but there are other countries in Africa that could make up much, if not all, of the shortfall.
ReplyDeleteThe Greens are to blame for most of this, as well as banning DDT and other modern chemicals. That too doomed millions to death.
Giving people in Africa enough food to keep from starving is arguably making the situation worse. Not giving them the technology to support themselves is definitely making the situation worse. We're going to have more trouble coming from this part of the world in the coming years because in our (that's a collective our) haste to do good, we've fostered a whole generation of young men who are prime targets to become radicalized and cause years of mischief.