2011-12-01, 09:07 PM
People have such strong feelings about actions taken on the other side of the planet by people protecting their lives and livelihoods.
And by people I mean environmentalists. It's not your fish, its not your tree, its not your jungle, and it's certainly not your deadly horde of insects. Although keeping a bunch of mosquitoes as "pets" and threatening to sue anyone who releases GM murder on them might be an effective way to ensure millions more die from mosquitoes (killing humans, the green way). Then again, everyone in mosquito range should be suing you for doing that.
As far as the science goes, this is a really elegant solution. It shouldn't negatively impact other species via breeding, and assuming there isn't something fluffy and cute that eats only mosquitoes in the area only the craziest tree huggers should complain.
And by people I mean environmentalists. It's not your fish, its not your tree, its not your jungle, and it's certainly not your deadly horde of insects. Although keeping a bunch of mosquitoes as "pets" and threatening to sue anyone who releases GM murder on them might be an effective way to ensure millions more die from mosquitoes (killing humans, the green way). Then again, everyone in mosquito range should be suing you for doing that.
As far as the science goes, this is a really elegant solution. It shouldn't negatively impact other species via breeding, and assuming there isn't something fluffy and cute that eats only mosquitoes in the area only the craziest tree huggers should complain.