Beware the Prophets of Doom – Organic Food, Fertilisers and Fossil Fuels

Beware the Prophets of Doom – Organic Food, Fertilisers and Fossil Fuels

“As oil and gas prices rise so does the price of artificial chemical fertilisers – the lynch-pin of industrial agriculture’s claims to be ‘efficient’. In the UK, the price of nitrogen fertiliser has doubled over the past year to around £330 per tonne. With oil currently at over $130 a barrel and with OPEC warning…

Now The Organized Takedown of Global Fertilizer Supply?

Now The Organized Takedown of Global Fertilizer Supply?

The global energy shortages which have driven prices for coal, oil and natural gas to explosive highs in the last months are a predictable consequence of the mad pursuit of “Zero Carbon” economic policies that have seen foolish governments subsidize a growing share of electricity from unreliable solar and wind generation. One consequence has been…