tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064945071377082104.post7203604874052199580..comments2023-10-01T10:35:51.249+00:00Comments on MARC ROBERTS CARTOONS: Crop CircleTHROBGOBLINS INTERNATIONAL.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09895705211327026786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3064945071377082104.post-91884565039029389752010-11-09T22:24:43.233+00:002010-11-09T22:24:43.233+00:00To be fair, a lot of the cost of GMOs comes from t...To be fair, a lot of the cost of GMOs comes from the heavy regulation. Since a single crop has to go through millions of dollars worth of testing, only big agriculture is able to bring it to market (e.g. see golden rice -- they wanted to do it public domain, but it just wasn't feasible). <br /><br />The good news is that the big agric companies are using patents, not copyright, and patents expire after 17-20 years (in the US). So some of the early GMO crops from the 90s are now entering the public domain.Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385673876363854687noreply@blogger.com