Phosphorus is probably one of the most important elements for civilization. This is because plants need it to grow and we need plants to survive. In case we need more fertilizer, we have huge phosphorus mines where we can replenish it. The only problem is that, those mines will probably run out of Phosphorus in the next 300 years. That's not good! 300 years! How will we be able to eat?
Fortunently, the ocean has a huge amount of phosphorus that hasn't been touched. Before you get up and start cheering, thinking that humanity is saved, you should know that we aren't able to mine it. Even if we could mine the ocean, phosphorus is will run out and I don't even want to think about what will happen to billions of people in the future when that happens.
So are you saying that without phosphorus we'll die of starvation? Why doesn't anyone know about this?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I think it's because humans are shortsighted. Its important to point out though that we could still survive by having fish and seaweed farms.
DeleteAlso I would like to let everyone know that I'll start posting in 2 weeks. Vacation is exhausting.
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