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GliderGuider

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1. This is only a yuuuge challenge if we want to feed 9-10 billion people by 2050.
Reply to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:56 AM
Feb 2016

If we lower the target to half that, the problem becomes much easier to solve...

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The Nitrogen Problem [View all] progressoid Feb 2016 OP
This is only a yuuuge challenge if we want to feed 9-10 billion people by 2050. GliderGuider Feb 2016 #1
That's what I was thinking. The real solution is not to HAVE 9-10 billion people. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #2
The problem I see... NeoGreen Feb 2016 #3
Can I ask where that quote is from? nt NickB79 Feb 2016 #5
From the character... NeoGreen Feb 2016 #10
Fixing Nitrogen is late 1800 technology happyslug Feb 2016 #4
Actually, there’s a pretty good source of potassium and phosphorus available without mining OKIsItJustMe Feb 2016 #6
That was a traditional source of both materials, but not the MAIN source today. happyslug Feb 2016 #7
That used to be a good idea but now? Not so much ... Nihil Feb 2016 #11
Oh, I don’t know OKIsItJustMe Feb 2016 #14
Spark fixation of nitrogen was never a viable process. NNadir Feb 2016 #16
Actually Frank–Caro process is economically viable but the Haber system is just cheaper to operate. happyslug Feb 2016 #17
The title of your post borders on an oxymoron. NNadir Feb 2016 #18
Please better define "an evidence based approach". kristopher Feb 2016 #8
Ask the author. progressoid Feb 2016 #9
... because an academic neurologist is obviously the best critic of agricultural systems ... Nihil Feb 2016 #13
Screw that load of GMO apologia and address the real problem. Nihil Feb 2016 #12
Good luck with that. progressoid Feb 2016 #15
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