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Here is my question: I am not sure why there is so much concern about having a monoculture. Would
you please explain “monoculture” to me in terms a beginning robot can understand?
Answer: A monoculture in our robot world’s culture would be a PC manufacturer shipping millions of PCs
with the same operating system on them knowing that they would all be attached to the Internet. These
single species PCs are susceptible to the same viruses and as a result they often come crashing down
on the same day when some mischievous human designs a new “computer virus.” I have told Bill Gates
for years to use genetic algorithms and gene crossover when designing operating systems so that he
doesn’t produce these monocultures, but he just won’t listen to me.
Donbot
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Here is my question: I am not sure why there is so much concern about having a monoculture. Would
you please explain “monoculture” to me in terms a beginning robot can understand?
Answer: A monoculture in our robot world’s culture would be a PC manufacturer shipping millions of PCs
with the same operating system on them knowing that they would all be attached to the Internet. These
single species PCs are susceptible to the same viruses and as a result they often come crashing down
on the same day when some mischievous human designs a new “computer virus.” I have told Bill Gates
for years to use genetic algorithms and gene crossover when designing operating systems so that he
doesn’t produce these monocultures, but he just won’t listen to me.
Donbot
Link to next FAQ
Wake Up Weyerhaeuser Industrial Tree Plantations
Weyerhaeuser’s Industrial Tree Plantations
Overview
As the world’s forests are in crisis, and with the continued resistance of the wood and paper industry to
invest in tree-free alternatives, Weyerhaeuser is increasingly relying on industrial tree plantations in order to
meet growing demand for wood products in the world’s largest markets: Japan, Europe and North America.
Plantations are areas where trees are managed like crops; plantations use short timber rotations, consist of
only one or two species, and rely on intensive use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. Industrial
plantations currently account for about 15-30 percent of world demand for pulpwood, and that percentage is
rising.
A significant majority of Weyerhaeuser’s 2.5 million acres in the Pacific Northwest and 5 million acres in the
Southeast have been converted from native forests to industrial tree plantations. Weyerhaeuser also operates
plantations on its land in China, Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand.
See more at: http://www.ran.org/ran_campaigns/old_growth/wakeup/industrial_trees.html
Weyerhaeuser’s Industrial Tree Plantations
Overview
As the world’s forests are in crisis, and with the continued resistance of the wood and paper industry to
invest in tree-free alternatives, Weyerhaeuser is increasingly relying on industrial tree plantations in order to
meet growing demand for wood products in the world’s largest markets: Japan, Europe and North America.
Plantations are areas where trees are managed like crops; plantations use short timber rotations, consist of
only one or two species, and rely on intensive use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. Industrial
plantations currently account for about 15-30 percent of world demand for pulpwood, and that percentage is
rising.
A significant majority of Weyerhaeuser’s 2.5 million acres in the Pacific Northwest and 5 million acres in the
Southeast have been converted from native forests to industrial tree plantations. Weyerhaeuser also operates
plantations on its land in China, Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand.
See more at: http://www.ran.org/ran_campaigns/old_growth/wakeup/industrial_trees.html
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