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‘It’s not sustainable’: US farmers reeling as Iran war pushes fertilizer costs up
(www.theguardian.com)
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Saskatchewan produces 30% of the world's fertilizer and it's nowhere close to the end yet.
The only problem for America is they have an idjit in power who can't see far enough ahead to NOT tariff the shit out of it.
As I said:
I'm assuming you're talking about ammonia fertilizer tho.
Do you know that process requires fossil fuels?
Do you understand that burning fossil fuels isn't sustainable?
Phosphate and potash are both mined, and eventually we'll run out of that just like the liquid natural gas to get the ammonia. But we need all three in specif percentages, we can't just use any combination, they don't do the same thing...
Continuing to use fertilizer to support an ever expanding population is as sustainable as turning the AC up to mitigate climate change.
It only "works" if you don't understand the problem, unfortunately lots of people get belligerent when they realize they're not thinking thru something.
No. Please don't assume. Go find data that backs you up.
https://thisvsthat.io/ammonium-sulfate-vs-potash
No what?
You linked a source saying that ammonium sulfate and potash are different and have different functions...
Which is what I said:
I don't understand what you're trying to disagree with, or what "assumptions" you're talking about?
The only assumption I made was that you were talking about ammonia, but if that's what you meant your link makes zero logical sense...
What are you trying to say?