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Prying_Pandora t1_j5xx7uu wrote

Reply to comment by Deleena24 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

Like a bowling ball in the middle of a trampoline.

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Deleena24 t1_j5y2r7c wrote

Yes, basically. The bigger the ball the more the trampoline sags/warps, and the closer to the ball the deeper the warp (the closer to the object the more influence/strength it's gravity has.

Except the trampoline would exist in every direction instead of a flat plane.

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clampie t1_j5yx0mc wrote

Or a cat between the sheets while you're making the bed.

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