Ralph Merkle quotes - page 2

We can grow crops less expensively because molecular manufacturing technology is inherently low cost. (Ralph Merkle)
One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. View quote
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The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this. View quote
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Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce food, they are starving because they are caught in the middle of political fights and blockades that have been used as weapons. View quote
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences. View quote
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