Have actually studied a bit of Entomology, I can tell you that releasing irradiated insects into the existing population works. Since the female TseTse fly ceases to mate after her first insemination, the high numbers of the infectious flies are sure to drop. There are little or no biological remifications, because these are not "Mutant" flies, they simply have been given what would be the equivilent of a vesectomy. The REAL problem is not the flies. The real problem, as sad as it may seem, it that Africa's population is exploding. The diseases spread by the TseTse are actually doing a part in keeping population levels in check. Reducing the number of flies will ultimatley raise the human population, eventually resulting in widespread famine and overcrowing.
I'm in class RIGHT NOW. I voluntarily switched my machine over to the projector for the whole class to read. Even the professor thinks the very idea of blocking net use ridiculous. Good students can handle the "distraction" in a positive fashion. The students who can't will fall by the wayside. My money pays for this blistering fast connection, I should be able to use it whenever/where ever I want choose to.
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Have actually studied a bit of Entomology, I can tell you that releasing irradiated insects into the existing population works. Since the female TseTse fly ceases to mate after her first insemination, the high numbers of the infectious flies are sure to drop. There are little or no biological remifications, because these are not "Mutant" flies, they simply have been given what would be the equivilent of a vesectomy. The REAL problem is not the flies. The real problem, as sad as it may seem, it that Africa's population is exploding. The diseases spread by the TseTse are actually doing a part in keeping population levels in check. Reducing the number of flies will ultimatley raise the human population, eventually resulting in widespread famine and overcrowing.
I'm in class RIGHT NOW. I voluntarily switched my machine over to the projector for the whole class to read. Even the professor thinks the very idea of blocking net use ridiculous. Good students can handle the "distraction" in a positive fashion. The students who can't will fall by the wayside. My money pays for this blistering fast connection, I should be able to use it whenever/where ever I want choose to.