scienceworksbitches t1_j5v9a86 wrote
Reply to comment by notthebestchristian in The world is (on average) 50% reliant on nonrenewable sources of phosphorus fertilizer to grow food. It won't go away this century, but prices will increase and ~3/4ths of reserves are controlled by one country by fartyburly
not an expert on that topic but im pretty sure the us could still feed its population without any fertilizer imports. but there are other global players that need imports of food and fertilizer to feed their ppl....
amos106 t1_j5vffg3 wrote
Which is why the US would absolutely want Morrocco to play by its rules, food will become the new oil.
HalcyonKnights t1_j5vn7uy wrote
As of 2019 the US was the 3rd largest Phosphorus Exporter, (way) behind Vietnam and Kazakhstan. We have so much Phosphate we also use it to hyper-age our Chickens, nevermind crop farming. Granted a lot of that comes from open pits mines in areas that were seafloor few hundred million years ago, so it's definitely "Non-renewable".
Youth-in-AsiaS-247 t1_j5vyv7x wrote
So Borat WAS actually just an ad for Kazakhstan and their Potassium?
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