Food Shortages are coming - Not just Baby Formula

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dan_s
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Food Shortages are coming - Not just Baby Formula

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A new report quoting a leading food economist, Máximo Torero, the chief economist at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, “has warned against moving away from natural gas production too soon, arguing more people will starve to death if the consequences are not thought through.” Mr. Torero continued, saying, “If you switch the energy mix too quickly, you will increase the price of energy, then you will increase the price of fertilizers, you increase the price of food, more people dying of hunger. So what do you want?” Natural gas is a key ingredient in the process used to make nitrogen-based fertilizers used on a range of crops, including corn and wheat. Natural gas accounts for 75% to 90% of operating costs in the production of nitrogen.

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The Green New Deal was conceived by idiots and pushed by politicians that are clueless on how important oil, gas and coal is too global standard of living.
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I will take the 2.0 degree climate change and fire everyone involved with climate
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