I don't eat soy. I know corn and soybean fertilizers pollute. No sheet. It's a big part of the problem.
Man your dense
Uh, gee, uh, thanks, Iowa.
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I don't eat soy. I know corn and soybean fertilizers pollute. No sheet. It's a big part of the problem.
Man your dense
Most vegetarians eat soy and corn as part of a well-balanced diet.
Your extreme view is not sustainable for humanity.
You should stop talking about things you know nothing about. I laid out all the numbers for you and everyone to see. You choose to ignore it willfully, but not based on data.
I saw plenty of people put you in your place about farming in this thread. I know you aren't a vegetarian yet you obvious know more than JR. This is why people make shit of you.
You're going to feed EIGHT BILLION PEOPLE without soy or corn (or meat)?
Good luck with that.
Where did I say that? Quit making things up.
You can grown corn and beans without giant amounts of fertilizers. You can also mandate buffer strips and bioreactors and take measures and enforce compliance.
My God just stop.
Corn is a REALLY HEAVY FEEDER.
Beans are not.
Anyway, good luck growing any corn without a lot of inputs.
No; I mean replenishable.
Those fertilizers are based on more phosphorus that is collected/mined. And there is a finite supply of it.
If you aren't collecting the extra and runoff going down to the Gulf, then that is "lost".
You're just jealous, because I can read.
Farmers are facing a phosphorus crisis. The solution starts with soil.
Overuse of fertilizer has led to phosphorus shortages and water pollution. But farms might not need so much to grow healthy crops.
Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom
The excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis
However, significant deposits of phosphorus are found in only a few countries: Morocco and western Sahara have the largest amount, China the second biggest deposit and Algeria the third. In contrast, reserves in the US are down to 1% of previous levels, while Britain has always had to rely on imports. “Traditional rock phosphate reserves are relatively rare and have become depleted in line with their extraction for fertiliser production,” added Johnes.
This growing strain on stocks has raised fears the world will reach “peak phosphorus” in a few years. Supplies will then decline, leaving many nations struggling to obtain enough to feed their people.
right... but you can mine it from the gulf bc its not destroyed. Even if people can't access it now, it's not really gone like in the way oil is burned and is gone.
Yeah, no farms in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee or Illinois
Well yes. You make a good point. Louisiana should sue the entire upper Midwest; Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. The Mississippi Watershed basically.
