And we are reliant on Russia for 1/2 the worlds Potash, enslaving India to them and polluting the world at the same time with some of the worst practices to produce it. Under republican leadership in 2000-2008 US production dropped substantially making Canada responsible for the other half of the worlds Potash, to benefit Russia. When Bush called Putin Pootie so famously, was exactly when the Potash Stand downs occured. Throughout history, wars have been won with the control of Potash.