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Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by maxerickson on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:54AM (#29130208)
Famine would be a choice though, not an inevitable consequence of fertilizer availability. Crops can be shifted to legumes, and away from livestock production, we spend a lot of calories on preference these days.
Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by jtdev on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:06AM (#29130297)
You clearly know very little about agriculture. Beef cattle actually graze many hundreds of thousands of acres of land that could not realistically be converted to legume production.
Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by dang on Sunday November 07, 2021 @02:47PM (#29142804)
Please do not cross into personal attack on HN, no matter how little someone else knows or you feel they know.

Your comment would be fine without the first sentence, and even better if you had added one or two sentences more to explain why it could not realistically be converted to legume production.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

Edit: having looked at your comment history, it's painfully clear that you're using HN primarily for ideological battle. That's the line at which we ban accounts*, regardless of what they're battling for, so I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email [email protected] and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

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Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by tomrod on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:09AM (#29130322)
Factory farmed meat processes aren't open range.
Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by maxerickson on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:06AM (#29130305)
Corn can be converted, and it's not like finishing of livestock consumes zero corn and soy.

Also, what's with the insulting tone?

Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by tomrod on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:10AM (#29130335)
I agree, grandparent comment is pretty brash while also being substantively wrong.

Most of our meat in the US comes from factory farms.

> 70.4 percent of cows, 98.3 percent of pigs, 99.8 percent of turkeys, 98.2 percent of egg-laying hens, and over 99.9 percent of chickens raised for meat come from factory farms.

https://www.livekindly.co/99-animal-products-factory-farms/

This said, the range that beef cattle occasionally graze could be reclaimed, but not necessarily for legume production.

Legumes: https://gilmour.com/planting-zones-hardiness-map

Beef: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biolog...

There is overlap, but no where close to 100%.

Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by notfromhere on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:16AM (#29130373)
Grazed cattle doesn’t need fertilizer
Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by coffeemig on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:03AM (#29130277)
Maybe that’s the play to transition western consumers off of meat diets. Gotta happen someday soon, right?
Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by gjsman-1000 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:08AM (#29130317)
No. Don’t underestimate how radical and unpopular dropping meat is with the more level-headed parts of the country.

One can admit the existence of Climate Change while thinking the proposed solutions are too far and just power-hungry bunk.

Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop... by coffeemig on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:13AM (#29130353)
I’m not saying I’m excited about it. I’ve seen other policies go through lately that make level-headed people tear their hair out.