Food exports are bound to fertiliser use and emissions?

2 years ago
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I discuss where fertiliser comes from, what the chemicals are and how they result in food surpluses that are used for commodity world trade.

Applied industrial chemistry

0:00 Intro
2:03 Phosphate rock, birds, seaweed and fish
8:15 Nitrates, Ammonia, Nitrogen
8:58 NPK numbers Potassium
10:00 Natural gas
10:30 More crops, more exports = politics
11:00 Marketing weak product features
13:00 What's my point? I'm sceptical.
14:15 This one country.... imported less fertiliser and fuel.
15:05 One last thought.
15:40 Food surplus vs emissions per capita. EU.
18:00 Net food exporters per emissions.

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