As Rock Phosphate Runs Out, What is More Important - Food Crops or Fuel Crops?

As Rock Phosphate Runs Out, What is More Important - Food Crops or Fuel Crops?

by profs@oilprice.com (Professor Chris Rhodes)

World rock phosphate production is set to peak by 2030. Since the material provides fertilizer for agriculture, the consequences are likely to be severe, and worsened by the increased production of biofuels, including those from algae.Introduction.The depletion of world rock phosphate reserves will restrict the amount of food that can be grown across the world, a situation that can only be compounded by the production of biofuels, including the potential large-scale generation of biodiesel from algae. The world population has risen to its present…Read more...