Petroleum in Real Life: Food, Fertilizer and Fuel - Context Magazine by CAPP
The security of our food supply depends more on oil and natural gas than we might realize.context.capp.ca
Nitrogen, together with phosphorous and potassium, is one of the biggest macro-nutrients required for plant growth. Natural gas is a commonly used as a feedstock to produce two nitrogen-based fertilizers – ammonia and urea – in large quantities.
Natural gas? Not oil? Weird.