Comments on: Sing it from the rooftops http://barrdear.com/john/2008/05/05/sing-it-from-the-rooftops/ Thoughts about economics, politics and life in general Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike Sheets http://barrdear.com/john/2008/05/05/sing-it-from-the-rooftops/#comment-260 Mike Sheets Tue, 06 May 2008 06:08:57 +0000 http://barrdear.com/john/?p=165#comment-260 Collier's scant mention of the fertilizer problem does little justice to the scope of that problem. Nitrogen products have tripled in cost and there are significant shortages developing globally. The "green revolution" that made huge population increases possible for the last 20-30 years is largely due to nitrogen fertilizers. The difference in yield without them is dramatic. Mother Nature bats last Collier’s scant mention of the fertilizer problem does little justice to the scope of that problem. Nitrogen products have tripled in cost and there are significant shortages developing
globally. The “green revolution” that made huge population increases possible for the last 20-30 years is largely due to nitrogen fertilizers. The difference in yield without them is dramatic.

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