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That is also false. Please don't use me as a coat rack for arguments you want to make that are unrelated to mine.


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I am convinced you don't understand my argument and have substituted for it the most immediately available outrageous argument. Please don't do that.


Then please, correct me!

How did you come to the conclusion that neonicotinoids have an overall net positive effect on agriculture?


Because the alternatives to neonicotinoids are broader-spectrum pesticides that affect other kinds of animal life, including mammals, as I've said repeatedly on the thread.

I don't know why you insist on being so overtly hostile, but whatever the reason, let me promise that it doesn't make you more persuasive.


>Because the alternatives to neonicotinoids are broader-spectrum pesticides

Well 'ere's yer problem! ;)

You're starting off by assuming that agriculture must use pesticides to grow food. But is that really true?

I submit to you that it is not. Furthermore, I submit that a food system that depends on pesticides is doomed to self-destruct (because of inevitable biogeophysical processes). Pesticides destroy the nutrient cycling microorganisms in the soil leading to infertility, erosion, and ultimately desertification. Again, soil microbiologist Elaine Ingham explains the process better than I could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2H60ritjag

>I don't know why you insist on being so overtly hostile

You're right. My apologies, and edited.




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