[frazbin]

In the thread: bunch of tech workers acting like 19th century small farmers. The story here is that chemistry is a blunt tool and in 50 years we won't need it for agriculture. Biocontrols will have totally taken over. In the meantime anything we can do to remove incumbent chemical technologies and create economic room for their replacements is.. important. Why? cause we're gonna need those biocontrols anyway to keep farming at current yields under an evolving pest/weed regime.

We got through the 20th century without sustainable farming. I'm OK with that, it led to things like me existing. Now it's time to focus a little more effort on doing the job properly.

[algoatecorn]

Biocontrols have potential, but they have certainly not taken over. We will always use a combination of herbicides, genetic engineering, RNAi, and biocontrols. The key will be finding a balance between these technologies.