How War in the Middle East Could Sow Hunger | The Persian Gulf is a major source of fertilizers, making the conflict disruptive to the global production of food. (www.nytimes.com)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to world@lemmy.world on 08 Mar 00:25
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The Persian Gulf is a dominant source of fertilizer. Though the region is best known as a prodigious source of oil and natural gas, its abundance of energy has spurred the development of factories that make the raw materials for many types of fertilizer, especially those that deliver nitrogen.

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BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz on 08 Mar 02:09 next collapse

I’m a Farmer who voted for Trump THREE times and THIS, combined with EVERYTHING Else Trump did to me, is going to make me HOMELESS! HELL he ALREADY Deported my Wife and Children! BUT I can Punch Trans kids so I’ll HAPPILY Vote for Trump for a Fourth term!

silence7@slrpnk.net on 08 Mar 05:58 collapse

Fwiw the US only imports about 5% of its nitrogen fertilizer use.

etherphon@piefed.world on 08 Mar 12:52 collapse

Figures, the whole area is a shitshow.