The real threat from a Hormuz closure isn’t an oil shortage but a global food crisis
(www.independent.co.uk)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 12:04
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from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to world@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 12:04
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A sustained disruption of traffic through Hormuz would not simply constitute an energy crisis. It would also represent a fertiliser shock (where prices go up dramatically and supply goes down) – and, by extension, a direct risk to global food security.
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The rich Douchebags that control every country don’t give a shit if the plebs starve. They’ll never know hunger.
“Eat the rich”, as always.
The whole area has little food security and no water security. A few desalination plants have already been hit iirc. It’s going to be a huge crisis.
No till farming significantly reduces the need for fertilizer, while reducing costs for farmers and reducing water pollution.
It was a cause championed by honest work farmer guy meme too: <img alt="" src="https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/028/021/work.jpg">
Do American farms not use compost and practice no-till farming?
We never need fertilizer, we just make compost.
Most Industrial farming doesn’t use no-till or much compost outside of raw manure.
If we stopped mandating ethanol, which uses fertilizer heavy corn, it might help ease the shock of fuel and fertilizer shortages.