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• LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  During WW1 he killed millions by developing chlorine gas, among other poisoness gasses, but he saves billions by discovering how to synthesize fertilizer.

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  • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fossil fuel based fertilizer has also contributed to global inequality - synthetic fertilizer is 3-4 times cheaper in Europe than Africa.

    And the cheapness of nitrogen fertilizer has led to massive problems with too much fertilizer ending up in the ocean, sparking algae blooms and subsequent oxygen starvation. Just look at the Baltic Sea.

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    • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      atmospheric nitrogen is a fossil fuel
      the fertiliser made itself more expensive in africa
      point three certainly stands

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but who cares about Africa and climate, rich white people have stocked up supermarkets with products from around the world. Like New Zealand wine next to Chile wine in stores in France. Like… Ok… Australian mineral water in the Netherlands… With the highest quality tap water ever…

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  • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can lean to scientists like Norman Borlaug who saved billions without becoming a merchant of death.

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but where’s the fun in that. Than Jesus died for nothing haha

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