Q :Is India becoming anti-science?
Q: Why india did not get a Noble prize in science field till now ?
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Is there nothing in this country of substance beyond Bollywood, cricket and politicians ?
The country is reeling under a power crisis. Villages go
without electricity for long hours. Yet, there is opposition to nuclear
power and all the explanations of expert scientists do not seem to
carry conviction. Even if a disaster like Fukushima were to happen,
would it not be insignificant compared to the huge loss in terms of men
and material, which the country is suffering due to a lack of adequate
power generation ?
What is the difficulty in accepting all power
generation strategies, from windmill to nuclear ?
{I just read today Phillipines has now 39% of it's electricity from
renewable sources. In the meanwhile France that runs it's entire program
on nuclear has gone down the drain economically. U.S. and Japan are
both in a economic mess. Both countries ran their grids heavily on
nuclear.}
Grain
production is stagnating at 200+million tonnes, while China is at
500+million tonnes. We will soon exceed China's population. Millions of
children are dying of mal/under-nutrition. All the traditional practices
and resources have not mitigated the tragedy. But the country will
oppose GM technology, which has the potential to increase productivity
and the nutritive quality of grain.
Note :There is
strident activism against GM technology in the name of environment and
biodiversity.
There is a constant vertical and horizontal transfer of
genes in evolution. How did the 2,000 varieties of brinjal evolve, if it
is not through gene changes? What does it matter, if a couple of
transgenes (e.g. Bt gene) are transferred to unintended targets?
Experience for over a decade has shown that Bt gene is benign and Bt
corn and Bt cotton have not caused authenticated damage to individuals
or environment. Even so, activists have succeeded in demonising the Bt
with highly exaggerated
(Full articles here http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/is-india-becoming-antiscience/article2745149.ece )
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