tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131263685211526286.post6585796095829768539..comments2024-02-19T09:21:26.257+01:00Comments on EUCALYPTOLOGICS: GIT Forestry Consulting Information Resources on Eucalyptus Cultivation Worldwide: The man who fed the world...Gus-GITForestryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07330075691723312453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131263685211526286.post-84415398517428857932009-09-15T05:30:09.701+02:002009-09-15T05:30:09.701+02:00Re: Still,
Posted by Gus -- NW Spain on 9/14/2009...Re: Still,<br /><br />Posted by Gus -- NW Spain on 9/14/2009, 9:18 am, in reply to "Still,"<br /><br />I agree :-) As usual, when any work, by some odd, has a so large influence on human activity at a so large scale (measured as "large tracts of land")... it creates impacts. <br /><br />Obviously, at an economic level. Also, at a social level. And doubtless, at an environmental level. <br /><br />However, what matters is not the impact itself, from any of those angles, because all human activity causes impacts. What matters is the global balance of each impact, and then, the global balance of all those impacts together. The positives minus the negatives. Only time can tell. <br /><br />But, I agree, my perception is also of a net positive. <br /><br />Who knows how many other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" rel="nofollow">Borlaugs</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein" rel="nofollow">Einsteins</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghandi" rel="nofollow">Gandhis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" rel="nofollow">Mandelas</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg" rel="nofollow">Wallenbergs</a>, even if with different names and backgrounds, may grow and bloom in future from that billion (or whatever) saved lives and their progenies? :-)Gus - Eucalyptologicshttp://git-forestry-blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131263685211526286.post-13077260595301322222009-09-15T05:26:02.339+02:002009-09-15T05:26:02.339+02:00Still,
Posted by Alex-Atlanta 7b on 9/14/2009, 7:...Still,<br /><br />Posted by Alex-Atlanta 7b on 9/14/2009, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: The man who fed the world... "<br /><br />It's interesting to read some of the negetives mentioned, regarding his work. It will likely take a few more years to know if they're true. <br /><br />Of course, it's still a net positive, thus far.Alex - Atlantahttp://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/msg/1252927160.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131263685211526286.post-15625778318951193832009-09-15T05:24:42.368+02:002009-09-15T05:24:42.368+02:00Posted by Gus -- NW Spain on 9/14/2009, 6:07 am, i...Posted by Gus -- NW Spain on 9/14/2009, 6:07 am, in reply to "Re: The man who fed the world... "<br /><br />The number is probably unknown, but if it has not yet reached that, it will sooner or later. <br /><br />Several developing countries with huge human populations have become self-sufficient for grain production thanks to his high yield cereal varieties and the breeding work his work inspired. A <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Norman-Borlaug-Indias-annadaata-dies-at-95/articleshow/5006489.cms" rel="nofollow">benefactor of humanity</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug" rel="nofollow">Pride of the USA</a>.Gus - Eucalyptologicshttp://git-forestry-blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6131263685211526286.post-56708176948264506862009-09-15T05:22:21.740+02:002009-09-15T05:22:21.740+02:00Posted by Lucas FL on 9/14/2009, 1:21 am, in reply...Posted by Lucas FL on 9/14/2009, 1:21 am, in reply to "The man who fed the world... "<br /><br />It's my understanding that he may have saved a billion people from starvation. Rest in peace.Lucas FLhttp://members3.boardhost.com/HardyPalm/msg/1252905701.htmlnoreply@blogger.com