Fertilizers: prices high and rising – Apr 30
Last big push for phosphate mining in Florida
More volatility in heated fertiliser market
Help phosphate-producing Western Sahara gain independence
Vietnamese fertiliser prices to rise this week
Resource Depletion
Food & agriculture – Apr 22
Japan’s hunger a dire warning for other nations
Food rationing in breadbasket of the world
International agriculture assessment: we need a paradigm shift
Role of Potash as strategic resource
Amid strong farm economy, some dire signs
Agriculture – Apr 19
A drought in Australia, a global shortage of rice
Potash the new crude
Sulphur: From waste byproduct to billion-dollar commodity
Fertilizers and glyphosate – Apr 11
Peak weed-killer?
Jeypore: Shortage of fertiliser hits farmers
Australian farmers attack fertiliser pricing
World’s phosphorus situation scares some scientists
As production of biofuels increase to counter dependence on foreign oil and high fuel prices, some scientists worry that the world’s phosphorus supply will slowly diminish, limiting our ability to grow crops and forcing fertilizer prices through the roof.
Phosphorus – Apr 1
World’s phosphorus situation scares some scientists
Aldous Huxley on phosphorus depletion and endless growth (1928)
Phosphorus in “Brave New World”
Food & agriculture – Mar 29
High rice cost creating fears of Asia unrest
India rice export prices up again
Rosie Boycott: Only a radical change of diet can halt looming food crises
Gourmet magazine points the way toward a green and smart farm policy
Food prices rising across the world
Prices climb as fertiliser famine looms
The expected economic impact of an energy downturn
We live in a finite world, and we are reaching limits in many ways – easy to extract oil is being exhausted, fresh water is in increasingly short supply, and climate change caused by human activity is becoming more of an issue. Because of these constraints, it is likely that economic growth will stagnate and eventually decline. [Transcript of a talk]
Food & agriculture – Mar 26
Sulfuric acid prices explode (due to biofuels, fertilizer demand)
Pig slurry solution to high fertilizer prices
UK fishing industry turning green
Dysfunction – Mar 25
Excessive emails and text are a mental illness
Deaths and disruption as price rise sees copper thefts soar
Food & agriculture – Mar 25
NY Times hails the era of the hipster farmer
Opportunity knocks in fertiliser boom
Water, the blood of the earth
Monsanto pays Percy Schmeiser
Deep thought – Mar 25
Wall Street Journal: New limits to growth revive Malthusian fears
Passover as if Earth really matters
