If the hippies never existed, what would environmentalism look like today? Would it be as polarizing? Would Nixon have created the EPA? Would anyon know who Al Gore is?
Would it be as polarizing?
Would Nixon have created the EPA?
Would anyon know who Al Gore is?
If the hippies never existed, what would environmentalism look like today? Would it be as polarizing? Would Nixon have created the EPA? Would anyon know who Al Gore is?
I wonder if a timeline in which opposition to GMOs is on religious grounds is possible. I could see someone arguing that GMOs are "playing god".More right-wing support. A lot of conservatives live in rural areas that are hit pretty hard by environmental damage. The association with hippies and animal-rights types scares off a lot of right-wing types but I could just as easily see the issue being framed as an urban liberal vs rural conservative issue. In the olden days a lot of conservationists were hunters and outdoorsmen, so it's not that far off.
For sure. In TTL it would likely be seen the same as cloning and stem cell research.I wonder if a timeline in which opposition to GMOs is on religious grounds is possible. I could see someone arguing that GMOs are "playing god".
That's exactly what I was thinking. GMOs and cloning seem similar to me.For sure. In TTL it would likely be seen the same as cloning and stem cell research.
You do understand that agri-scientists arent developing new genes and inserting them right? Every single food you eat is the result of humans messing with genomes through selective breeding. GMOs simply make the process faster, by taking out the slow process of sexual reproduction and instead taking rare genes and inserting into the larger population. If you dont want a GMO, dont eat corn, try eat teosinte instead, because all corn is a Genetically Modified Organism version of teosinte.That's exactly what I was thinking. GMOs and cloning seem similar to me.
Similarly, every asexually reproducing organism makes clones and cloning just makes asexual reproduction faster.You do understand that agri-scientists arent developing new genes and inserting them right? Every single food you eat is the result of humans messing with genomes through selective breeding. GMOs simply make the process faster, by taking out the slow process of sexual reproduction and instead taking rare genes and inserting into the larger population. If you dont want a GMO, dont eat corn, try eat teosinte instead, because all corn is a Genetically Modified Organism version of teosinte.
Actually yes, except the method isnt analogous exactly to GMOs compared to selective breeding. Too many people think of GMOs as being transgenic, and there absolutely zero foods that are transgenic, ie- genes from one species spiced into another species.Similarly, every asexually reproducing organism makes clones and cloning just makes asexual reproduction faster.
Chuck Norris is so good at ATLs that the mere mention of his name changes OTL.I and SpaceGeek look into this in 2001: A Space-Time Odyssey
here environmentalism is NOT influence by Hippie movement, but goes way of Terrorism
OTL 1970 the group The "Don't Make a Wave Committee" made a meeting about there Future and Goals
On voting about how to fight, a narrow majority vote for Peaceful protest and so Greenpeace was born
POD Here Paul Watson won and Rainbow Warrior become first eco terrorist group
In begin people become aware of problems of whale hunting and protest against it
But once Rainbow Warrior start to shoot and killed Whalers and Canadian seal hunter, the support dies
and as they start to blow up chemical plants and raid Animal labs, called up the Authority and Anti Terror teams.
off course the Media jump on bandwagon, portray them as Dangerous Maniacs Terrorist
and Hollywood finds the perfect movies villains like in the cult classic "Invasion USA"
Were Chuck Norris fights off a Invasion of eco terrorist group lead by Richard Lynch with plan to blow up US Nuclear plants.
I remember reading that space exploration influenced the environmental movement. So why couldn't the likes of Buzz Aldrin make environmentalism mainstream.