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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Approximately 10% of the world's nitrogen based fertilizer comes through the Persian Gulf That supply line has been severed. We have already lost a crop yield. We have already lost a growing season with reduced fertilizer. This damaged to this growing season was slightly prevented by use of alternative fertilizers and the limited stockpiles The next growing season-September to November will see a major reduction in output. It is inevitable. The world lives on a "just in time" model of razor thin margins for food supply to the most vulnerable places on earth. Countries that were food poor even before this war relied heavily on donated food. The coming crop yield will be significantly lower meaning famine. This damage is unavoidable at this point. But the real harm comes in 2027 when these losses multiply. Keep in mind that the alternative fertilizer processes say for phosphorus based fertilizer uses sulfur which comes from LNG processing.

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And add in the higher cost of diesel fuel which is used to harvest and transport food.

We are looking at a catastrophe of epic proportions.

The development of a cost-effective fertilizer within the last 80-100 years has permitted the world to grow enough food to support 8 billion + people.

That may be ending and we may be returning to a pre- time when agriculture could support only 2 billion people

So it is not crazy to imagine that if this war goes on for another 5 or 6 months that famine and starvation will kill 10s of millions of people.

And understand that that type of food insecurity causes mass migration. From the global south to the global north.

Expect another flood of immigrants, seeking food.

#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-07-25 02:13 PM | Reply

This is what happens when you elect an idiot to be your president

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-07-25 02:13 PM | Reply

This is what happens when you elect an idiot to be your president
#2 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

"But wait! There's more!"
Ron Popeil

So ... much ... more.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-25 02:50 PM | Reply

These are some resources I used before I retired from the USIC: fews.net

You can marry up the data from fews.net with the data from iom.int

Sidenote: 250,000 people in France and Spain were evacuated because of uncontrollable wildfires. More carbon in the atmosphere, more arable land destroyed, and innocent wildlife killed.

The novel Make Room! Make Room! (Harry Harrison, 1966) was the basis for Soylent Green (1973).

Dystopia ad portas.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-25 03:19 PM | Reply

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