#Energy, human genetic engineering, and cybersecurity
Target:
Utah Legislature
Region:
United States of America

Three major issues appear to be neglected, outright ignored, or mishandled by governments (and therefore legislators in democratic countries) around the world. These are:
1. Energy
2. Healthcare (specially in regards to genetic engineering of humans in this case)
3. Cybersecurity
Due to the technical nature of these areas, many legislators are not knowledgeable in these areas and not necessarily well equipped to refute common misconceptions and might now know the best course of action to recommend to be implemented as policy.

This is a petition to ask the Utah legislature to pass more thorough/better legislation to address the following areas (in no particular order):

1. Construct an energy plan that will help Utah support development of renewable energy in a timely manner before oil shortages and other economic hardships occur in the coming years should such development be delayed. Help make sure Utah can change from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy in a responsible, timely manner, particularly before oil supply decreases prevent our ability to do so economically.

2. Create legislation that indicates the civil rights of citizens and the obligations of medical practitioners in regards to human genetic engineering/eugenics. In China, He Jiankui showed the technology is already available even in developing countries. Please better define boundaries of consent and malpractice in this area, including fundamental civil rights of the patient to engage or not engage in human genetic engineering, and the obligation of medical practitioners to deliver what they promise.

3. Pass legislation to define better boundaries on government access to computers and other conventional semiconductor electronic devices. In particular, set better boundaries on how government can access those devices. Perhaps a good starting place would be to legislate against government having write access to people's electronic devices. Read access is usually sufficient for intelligence gathering to catch criminals. Also, legislate measures that require intelligence gathered to be used for law enforcement purposes only, and serious consequences if information is privately disclosed to private, non-law enforcement third parties. This will probably challenge current federal rules and norms, but is ultimately necessary to restore cybersecurity to Utah.

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The Write and pass better legislation for energy, genetic engineering, and cyber security petition to Utah Legislature was written by Jeremy LeFevre and is in the category Energy, human genetic engineering, and cybersecurity at GoPetition.