Re:The Horrors of Pompeii
by steveBK123 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @10:03AM
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Exactly.
You don't have to go back very far to find a lot of famines even in the "developed world".
Look back in history before the invention of nitrogen fertilizers (only about a century ago).. we spent nearly a century harvesting guano off uninhabited rock islands in order to produce fertilizer & gun powder. We even past laws to encourage it!
Look back in history before the invention of nitrogen fertilizers (only about a century ago).. we spent nearly a century harvesting guano off uninhabited rock islands in order to produce fertilizer & gun powder. We even past laws to encourage it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guano_Islands_Act