http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/15/the-lbam-spray-madness/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/15/the-lbam-spray-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-7051 pnprice Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:38 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/15/the-lbam-spray-madness/#comment-7051 I'm not sure exactly where I stand on this, in spite of knowing a fair amount about the issue. The problem is --- people tend to forget this --- that this is not a choice between "spray now" or "never spray." It is, or at least might be, a choice between "spray pheromones everywhere now" and "spray pesticides on orchards forever, plus allow the moth to do damage forever to organic farmers." Or there are other options, too. But I think too many people aren't thinking about the consequences of NOT spraying. Also, too many opponents of spraying are saying things that aren't true. Maybe, if you have the actual facts and you do think about those consequences, you'll still be opposed to the spraying (like I am, I think), but at least people should think it through before forming a firm opinion. There is some discussion of this on <a href="http://www.creekcats.com/birdblog" rel="nofollow">my blog, http://www.creekcats.com/birdblog.</a> I’m not sure exactly where I stand on this, in spite of knowing a fair amount about the issue. The problem is — people tend to forget this — that this is not a choice between "spray now" or "never spray." It is, or at least might be, a choice between "spray pheromones everywhere now" and "spray pesticides on orchards forever, plus allow the moth to do damage forever to organic farmers." Or there are other options, too. But I think too many people aren’t thinking about the consequences of NOT spraying. Also, too many opponents of spraying are saying things that aren’t true. Maybe, if you have the actual facts and you do think about those consequences, you’ll still be opposed to the spraying (like I am, I think), but at least people should think it through before forming a firm opinion. There is some discussion of this on my blog, http://www.creekcats.com/birdblog.

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