Fertilizer — solar panels — batteries — EU strategic reserves —Moroccan fears — China export controls — carbon intensive — abundant. A globalized world trying to retreat into gated communities. I am reading Blood Meridian.
Damn Norwegians they’ve got it all. Hot chick abundant natural resources, excellent affordable healthcare for all No wonder they’re so happy.
the rich get richer. already the worlds biggest sovereign wealth fund and now this. Just like their oil and gas fields, this is a resource that can help offset what should be a lack of exports from Russia but somehow, their phosphate exports went up in 2022 despite sanctions. That is something the west should do something about but I suspect they are letting it go as the world needs the fertilizer to maintain food production Russia remains dominant in fertilizer market | The Western Producer
I get that it’s important, although farther down there is a suggestion that commercial impact is not as suggested doe to challenges in accessibility. But I was wow what this might mean in terms of technology and geopolitics in terms of mercantilist emphasis on tangible resources as a source of world power
