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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 August 2015 08:17:09AM 0 points [-]

The issue is that crashing the mosquito population doesn't work if even a few of them survive to repopulate - the plan needs indefinite maintenance, and the mosquitoes will eventually evolve to avoid our lab-bred dud males.

Why do you think mosquitos that carry malaria didn't repopulate the US and Europe after they were first driven out?

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 03 August 2015 06:49:40PM *  0 points [-]

They did.

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