“I admit my ignorance....”
I’m just guessing but it could be US taxes, environmental laws, regulations, corporate hostility, cheap overseas labor and stuff.
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I’m just guessing but it could be US taxes, environmental laws, regulations, corporate hostility, cheap overseas labor and stuff
Bingo! Natural gas is the preferred feed stock for making ammonia, though just about any fossil fuel will work in a pinch. Oh, Biden has cut back production of fossil fuels. Tennessee and Florida both have tremendous reserves of phosphorous, but the EPA will not let it be mined. Well Ammonium nitrate can be used,but, it too is made from fossil fuel (see ammonia). Urea can be used in a pinch, but, you need ammonia and carbon dioxide. But all hope is not lost, human urine contains urea so , like the Romans, we can collect urine and use it as fertilizer (and washing clothes). But, all new diesel trucks require urea to run air pollution control equipment mandated by the EPA. Makes one almost wonder if all this is is planned.