What I've found with my little research is that the problem is about yield.
With these fertilizers (rich with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) they can keep reusing the same soil and harvest a lot and multiple times a year. With no fertilizer or with traditional ones the yield significantly decreases and you can't harvest as many times. The soil simply doesn't have what the crop needs to grow.
Not to mention that you can't produce nearly as much traditional fertilizers like guano!
So for example if a wheat farmer was producing 1 ton of wheat before, without these fertilizers they can produce only 20-30% of that.
Not sure about the figure of 20%-30%, but I agree that the yields will be down by a lot without chemical fertilizers. In Sri Lanka they banned chemical fertilizer and the agricultural sector got completely destroyed as a result. Here in India, there is a shortage of fertilizer (both Ammonia based and Potash based), because of the war in Ukraine. Here the government procures the supply and then gives them to farmers free of charge. But they are unable to secure enough supplies at reasonable rates and as a result we are having an acute shortage. Meanwhile, in Russia there is simply nowhere to store grain, fertilizers and ammonia (judging by Putin's statements yesterday on the food problem). 1. Russia will supply 30 million tons of grain to needy countries by the end of the year. 2. Russia is ready to donate potash fertilizers to developing countries. 3. Russia is ready to supply ammonia in the amount of two million tons to countries in need. |
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I think that the level of access to education is growing on the planet, and the level of critical thinking, on the contrary, is falling. People in general are becoming more infantile, more suggestible. I am not too hopeful for positive quantitative progress in this regard, but I am sure that evolution has many interesting qualitative leaps up its sleeve for humanity. And perhaps our today's species disadvantages will tomorrow become our evolutionary advantages.
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If "lost counteroffensive" is to return 600 km2 in 3 days, then i don't know what to call "succesfull counteroffensive"
I spoke about the offensive in the Kherson direction, which, due to the open terrain, was doomed to turn into a senseless meat grinder, which actually happened. In the Izyum direction, the prospects for the Armed Forces of Ukraine are more interesting - there is a wooded terrain, a shallow and easy to cross even ford river, and the same dramatic shortage of personnel in the Russian army, as in general for this special operation. Congratulations, now it really looks like a counteroffensive. Dispelled my boredom, otherwise it turned into beating children. |
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Why is this bad? Let Europeans take to the squares more actively, rallies, protest and storm city halls. Isn't that what European politicians wanted with sanctions, so that the Russians went to rallies and overthrew the Putin regime? If you don't like double standards, you need to be consistent about it.
Well, it's a conundrum. On one hand we have western regimes that propaganda and attempts at regime change is among their smallest crimes. They have been on a murdering spree for decades around the world and have supported terrorism like US or have even become a sanctuary for terrorist cults like Albania and Sweden. (We also haven't forgotten the chemical WMDs Germany made to be dropped on our cities in 1980's.) On the other hand we have regular people who have no idea what is going on in the world or in their own country for that matter. They can't even point to Russia on the map! All their information comes from the propaganda machine that is brainwashing them every day in the name of democracy, while they work 8-10 hours a day until they are 65-70 years old. The regular people are paying the cost as they are caught up in 3 wars (economy, food and energy) their governments started. Nobody can be happy about that. Perhaps you are right, ordinary people are not responsible for the decisions of their elected politicians. Even in the best democracy there is a gulf between the layman and the ruling elite. |
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When the Russian economy goes down, and the Ruble gets devalued, I can see a lot of celebrations in the Western media.
That's one of many double standards that exists in the "West" and I'm afraid with the new world order we are going to see a lot more of it until the transition completes. Now it is the turn of the Russians to celebrate.
That's just as bad though. It's the regular people in Europe who suffer and they don't give a shit about Ukraine, Russia or their own government and their policies. All they care about is stability in their lives. Which is why we are seeing increasing protests all around Europe for the past 6 months against their own government, European Union and even NATO. Why is this bad? Let Europeans take to the squares more actively, rallies, protest and storm city halls. Isn't that what European politicians wanted with sanctions, so that the Russians went to rallies and overthrew the Putin regime? If you don't like double standards, you need to be consistent about it. |
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As a human being, I liked the Queen, peace be upon her.
And as a Russian, I am glad that the sun has set on the British Empire, because Britain is in the top 3 most Russophobic countries in the world and not in last place. Hoping for internal squabbling between the lobby of William and Charles, weakening ties between Britain, Canada and Australia, and the British taking a big spoonful of shit with the new prime minister. You deserve it, I don't feel sorry for you.
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Nothing will work out between Pakistan and India - the so called terrorist or the freedom fighter would not let that happen.
Pakistan and India are never a peace with each other.
and the history will stay the same for every!
Never is too long by historical standards. Practice shows that it is possible to both make friends and quarrel any two countries within 30 years (in a generation and a half). |
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It's so strange, Europe bought 2 world wars for themselves and rest of the world, yet after 70 years. Once saviour in world war Russia and rest of the world is again seem to be standing up in arms against each other.. ah! humanity never learn...Had not not really knocked Russian doors, there would not had be any reason of fight between Russia and Ukraine. Now we have set in a chain reaction and we need to stop it somewhere
The problem is not "knocking on the doors of Russia", that is the problem. Propaganda by the Russians is that "they came all the way into our borders, we had no choice left!!" and the reality is that Ukraine is an independent nation that has the right to make decisions independently. If Ukraine as a nation wants to join EU, they have the right to do that, saying that "they came to our borders!!!" means that Ukraine does not have the right to join EU just because Russia doesn't want them to, is that independence? Of course not. This is why there was absolutely no legit reason for Russia to attack, and they are just pure bad people for doing it, not Russians of course, all the Russians I met are lovely people, it is only Putin that is evil. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has torn off many masks. The European Union has turned out to be a colossus with feet of clay, whose power is based on cheap resources and energy from Russia and cheap labor from Eastern Europe. NATO turned out to be an incompetent impotent and a pale shadow of AUKUS. Great Britain found itself without a Queen and with an unscrupulous opportunist prime minister. If Russia seriously turns to the east, Europe is fucked. And if Russia does not turn its back on Europe and extends a helping hand to it, it will take control over Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states and the Balkans in return. Therefore, the European Union is fucked up anyway.  Europe will have to learn to live with this in the next few years. |
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I started this topic 4 months ago and warned about the food crisis that is going to be caused by fertilizer crisis. The "European Fertilizer Producers" just figure it out recently! Their representative announced that the fertilizer industry is already in a full-fledged crisis! "As a result, over 70% of European production capacity has been curtailed. If the situation prevails, we fear that remaining producers could also be affected." Interestingly enough they blame the over 1000% increase in gas price, but that is only part of the reason. The major imports of components they used to produce the fertilizers are no longer being sold to them as I said earlier which is why they can not produce enough fertilizers anymore.Lithuanian fertilizer company, Achema AB has already said as much when they announced they will shut down soon. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-26/europe-s-fertilizer-crisis-deepens-with-70-of-capacity-hithttps://www.newsweek.com/europes-energy-crisis-turning-food-crisis-opinion-1740228In the chemical fertilizer industry, natural gas is both a source of energy and a raw material. Fertilizers are made from gas using gas. Therefore, next year, European farmers will be forced to switch to organic farming. The Lithuanian fertilizer plant that you are talking about consumed 50% of the gas in Lithuania before its shutdown. |
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At this rate in Germany, it will soon be a problem not only to take a hot shower, but also to wipe your ass. Is your own life so sad you need to convince yourself others have it worse to justify how you live or something? Your country has declared an economic war on my country, and we are on opposite sides of this barricade. Why shouldn't I rejoice as the vaunted German machine falls apart through its own stupidity? I will dance on the bones of German industry and urinate on her grave. So that you better understand the words of Otto von Bismarck "never fight the Russians." Meanwhile, the court of the canton of Zug (Switzerland) extended the moratorium on the bankruptcy of Nord Stream 2 AG operator Nord Stream 2 AG for another 4 months - now until January 10, 2023. |
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Is this the first rate hike from the ecb though? I don't think I've heard of one before this over the past 6 months and it looks quite a dramatic start (although maybe I've missed some news before).
Second, the ECB recently raised the rate by 0.5%. |
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Meanwhile, in Germany, the first case of readjustment due to the energy crisis has taken place. Large toilet paper maker Hackle is trying to avoid bankruptcy. The star of the pandemic turned out to be too energy-intensive and could not withstand the rapid growth of utility tariffs. At this rate in Germany, it will soon be a problem not only to take a hot shower, but also to wipe your ass. |
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Чё там в Балаклее?
Балаклею удерживает сводный отряд СОБРа из Уфы и Самары в количестве 60 человек, по последним сведениям все живы, один боец ранен. Трофей. Раздели мальчиков. Чота ваш собр говно. Как и росгвардия. Судя по количеству листвы на деревьях фотка ранневесенняя и хуй пойми откуда. Фантазёр блять, раздеватель мальчиков. Против русского спецназа украинская пехота сосёт не нагибаясь. |
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Чё там в Балаклее?
Балаклею удерживает сводный отряд СОБРа из Уфы и Самары в количестве 60 человек, по последним сведениям все живы, один боец ранен. |
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These are horror stories for ordinary people who are unfamiliar with nuclear power plant protection technologies. The protective dome of the reactor is capable of withstanding a direct hit by a tactical nuclear bomb with a yield of several tens of kilotons of TNT Insert "not sure if kidding"-meme here. or the fall of a passenger airliner. That's several orders of magnitude less powerful. I'm not joking, after the Chernobyl accident, a tremendous amount of work was done to correct the mistakes so that this would never happen again. I worked under contract with nuclear power plants at the beginning of the 2000s, in particular with Leningrad and Kursk (they are similar in type to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant), and I was impressed by the continuous efforts of nuclear scientists to create and maintain the highest level of safety. I don’t think that the Japanese have a lower level of competence in this regard, it’s just that in the case of Fukushima, they were initially unlucky with geography. ps Tell the World Trade Center buildings that a strike from a passenger airliner isn't heavy enough. |
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FUD does not just apply to the markets, it applies everywhere and unfortunately nuclear power is very susceptible to it, and it seems we are about to see another round of FUD once again, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was shelled risking a nuclear disaster, both Ukraine and Russia blame each other like always but even if nothing happens, which is what everyone hopes for, this will be another blow against nuclear energy as this will show how vulnerable nuclear power plants are in the case of prolonged conflict. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/zaporizhzhia-ukraine-evacuation-russia-occupied-nuclear-plant-town-rcna46675These are horror stories for ordinary people who are unfamiliar with nuclear power plant protection technologies. The protective dome of the reactor is capable of withstanding a direct hit by a tactical nuclear bomb with a yield of several tens of kilotons of TNT or the fall of a passenger airliner. The storage of spent nuclear fuel is a little more vulnerable, but its destruction can only lead to local radioactive contamination of the territory of the nuclear power plant. The maximum that Ukraine can achieve by shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is for the reactor's emergency protection system to work and the plant to stop working. So far, Ukraine has achieved only that it damaged power lines leading to the territory controlled by Kyiv, providing itself with a shortage of electricity. |
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% filling of gas storage facilities, from the standard, excluding 15% savings in 2022/2023 (!!!), as of September 01, 2022 We won't freeze to death, but it's terrible for industry. Just recently, several large factories had to shut down because of high gas prices. That means less jobs and more importing, and none of that is good considering the current inflation and euro exchange rate. Heating isn't the main reason for our high gas consumption. Compared to other countries such as China and South Korea, they have high labor costs. They were competitive just because of the cheap gas. Previously gas at East Asian hubs used to be much more expensive when compared to European hubs, but now the scenario is reversed. Japan is another country which has taken the suicide pill. They just went ballistic to prove their loyalty to the United States, and announced a total embargo on gas and oil from Russia many months ago. Yep, it seems that the steelmakers were the first to go under the knife. |
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So, what you're trying to show with this one? It's war and loses is inevitable. But these thousands of Ukrainians killed in few days of counteroffensive reminds other fairytales from Russian Defense ministry like destroyed all Ukrainian aviation in first days of war, destroyed (I lost count already) HIMARS and it's loading vehicles, which doesn't even exist. I want to say that raising the flag over Vysokopolye and taking three more villages (by the way, which ones?) is too thin a result for a week of suicidal attacks on an open field as part of a counteroffensive that has been prepared since the beginning of summer. |
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IMHO, don't drop to their level and gloat on dead people...after the war, you'll still have to live as neighbors
I do not gloat over the dead, and it was not in my thoughts. I feel sorry for these soldiers who were sent to be slaughtered like cattle, just because Zelensky needed a beautiful picture with a flag, as in the case of Snake Island. These are the corpses of the soldiers of the elite squad of fur seals, who were given a combat mission in the style of "mission impossible" and they had no chance of returning alive. |
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