This article at first glance may seem obscure and of minimal significance.
But Nitrogen is what lights the growth cycle for plants and it is chemically
extracted from the atmosphere. The fuel (energy) to manufacture 'N' is
natural gas which is becoming expensive and aswell scarce in some growing or
manufacturing areas.
U.S. growers are now using large quantities of imported Nitrogen because of
cost and availability. And even so the first is going up as the other goes
down because of world demand for Nitrogen.
Potassium though not mentioned here is also in limited supply world wide and
is not renewable. We get what we got and that aint allot.
The third in this plant growth troika is Potash and which is both plentiful
and renewable but can't do it alone.
So at some point the choice between mono cropping and diversified organic
agriculture may become mute and for a reason they are not mentioning.
The mono crop corporate farms may run out of gas in the form of manufactured
Nitrogen and or mined Potassium. This could also be because of the material
cost of manufacture and transportation.
And many of these mono grain crops are used to feed animals for people to
then eat. Or for conversion to vehicle fuel as well as manufactured foods
such as corn syrup which is in every thing we eat if it comes in a package
as well as all soda type beverages.
We are walking corn chips if we consider the corn fed beef, chickens and
hogs in our diet. Our national diet is both the ultimate indulgence as well
as disease inducing because of the sugar and fat content.
So when it hits the 'N' wall it will sure improve our health and lessen the
suffering for all "domestic" animals.
And die off! we'll of course we will have some of that too.
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