Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress (EP.162)
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Innovative Solutions to Agricultural Sustainability
An individual pointed out the unsustainability of the world's agricultural system due to running out of fertilizer. Despite the alarming problem, he didn't advocate for population control or reduced consumption, but instead called for the invention of synthetic fertilizers. He correctly anticipated that the solution lay in chemistry, specifically fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere to create synthetic fertilizer, leading to the development of the Haber-Bash process.
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