Why blocking Hormuz could threaten the world's food supply | (It's because 30% of the world's fertilizer supply is shipped through there)
Why blocking Hormuz could threaten the world's food supply | (It's because 30% of the world's fertilizer supply is shipped through there)
Why blocking Hormuz could threaten the world's food supply
Fun fact: industrial agriculture is overwhelmingly dependent on natural gas. Half of global agriculture relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, which are produced from methane (ie natural gas) by the Haber-Bosch process. And guess what countries produce the lion's share of the world's natural gas, and how the synthetic nitrogen they produce from it gets to the rest of the world?
Peak oil is also peak food. And I'm pretty sure we hit that peak about 2018, so it's all downhill from here anyway. But if this war preemptive defensive action lasts too much longer we might all end up literally tightening our belts this fall.