Trudeau pushes ahead on fertilizer reduction as provinces and farmers cry foul (opens in new tab)

I kinda think that we aren't too far away from developing a western version of something similar to Lysenkoism [1]. It will probably start with a propaganda campaign "fact-checking" the efficacy of fertilizers and suggesting "alternatives".

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

I think most people read the SriLanka situation in reverse. My understanding is that they ran out of money to buy fertilizer and hence switched to organic as a cheaper alternative which also fizzled out - the one they imported from china turned out to be unusable.

No it doesn't. Working towards a modest reduction in emissions is massively different than banning fertilizer use overnight.

While not stated in the piece, it's not unlikely that there are other factors involved in the reduction of fertilizers. This is a wildly complex situation:

On the one hand, modern agriculture has learned that you can increase crop yields through the use of heavy fertilizers, which lead to decreased soil capabilities, which lead to increased pest issues which lead to increased use of pesticides which leads to... a truly vicious circle, one quite profitable for the likes of monsanto

On the other hand, there is an emerging technology which, in the long run, is not emerging at all, but much closer to a return to agriculture's roots - it's known as Regenerative Agriculture - sometimes referred to as "no-til" farming. The idea being that you, quite literally, improve soil's ability to capture and retain carbon - something you give up when you plow the soil - and, from there, you reduce the amount of water needed, improve soil health, and measurably improve crop yields. There's a strong movement in that direction, and several feature-length films. A brief intro is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6m-XlPnqxI

Are you predicting starvation in Canada?

If not, then it seems like lower demand for artificial fertilizers in Canada would increase the supply of the stuff to other nations, thus reducing prices and increasing caloric intake.

They are not coordinating directly just like e.g. the rise of identity politics in many western nations is not controlled from some central institute. In the case of identity politics (in the vernacular more often called "woke") the ideas are spread through academia from where they percolate into public life. These ideas are part of 'The Great Reset' [1] which is pushed by the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab's organisation. Mark Rutte [2] (the prime minister of the Netherlands) is Schwab's personal favourite prime minister, Justin Trudeau [3] is close to Schwab's organisation as well. That these two leaders now attempt to steer their countries in the same direction does not take much coordination other than their shared goal of implementing (parts of) the plans laid out before them.

[1] https://www.weforum.org/great-reset

[2] https://rumble.com/voe3ah-mr-klaus-schwab-follows-every-deba...

[3] https://www.weforum.org/people/justin-trudeau

Both countries are governed by WEF members and that's just a part of 2030 agenda. They want to bankrupt private farmers and then people like Bill Gates will buy up their farms for peanuts and they will be able to control the population through artificial food scarcity. You know the famous "you vil eet ze bugz" from the WEF mastermind.

This is apparently not directed against carbon, but N2O, which is another greenhouse gas.

It's something I've heard preciously little about, and therefore I'm surprised that many countries suddenly are seeing this as an extremely urgent problem almost simultaneously.

Screwing up food production can have massive, very immediate effects that surpass even the most wildly imaginative climate change scenarios.

I think a benefit/risk calculation is in order here.

Yeah, the farmers worried about crop yields are some really bad people.

typical privileged western "humanist" demanding people die to save the climate. never a thought about second-order effects, only emotional appeals to boogeymen.

Maybe we could start with reducing emissions by the military, one of the absolute largest sources on earth? And after that maybe ban private jets and 100,000 sq ft mansions?