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Re:Time is running out on the Climate Clock by AstralStorm on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:00PM (#36839189)
Fertilizer is nitrate, sulfur and potassium, not oil. Cement and plastics have solid enough replacements out there, need to be deployed finally. Steel is harder but there are composites, biotech and carbon options.

The only problem is trucks, diesel trains, tractors and some ships. Ships could just go the old slow way. Diesel trains have electric replacements, trucks and tractors are hard though mostly due to sheer numbers. Then we have airplanes, big ones have no replacement but we can live without them. The pharmaceuticals we can make from biomaterials, no serious mining. Industrial heat might be a problem for a hot moment but there are some possibilities.

Water however is the key issue we will face and cannot really go around.

Re:Time is running out on the Climate Clock by pipes on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:50AM (#36844757)
As far as I know we have no way to produce fertilizer at scale other than the haber-bosch process, and this requires fossil fuels.

I'd be happy to be wrong about this!

Re:Time is running out on the Climate Clock by mrguyorama on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @05:46PM (#36870015)
The haber process requires only nitrogen, hydrogen, and a metal catalyst.