Without Qatari helium, there's a massive global semiconductor crunch.
The fertilizer crunch and food scarcity too.
It's wild to me how oblivious ostensibly intelligent people on this site regularly manage to be.
The fertilizer crunch and food scarcity too.
It's wild to me how oblivious ostensibly intelligent people on this site regularly manage to be.
The world still produces enough fertiliser, but prices will rise significantly. The biggest producers (China, India, USA) also consume most of their supply, and China and India get their methane from elsewhere or from coal. Russia is a leading exporter, so they could easily tighten the screws now, leading to further economic shocks. Big importers will feel a crunch [2] and this will leader to significant crop price increases.[3]
[1] https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/02/21/federal-governm...
[2] https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/ALL/yea...
[3] https://farmonaut.com/mining/largest-urea-producers-2026-glo...
But America's actions will not be forgotten.