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by barry-cotter 1988 days ago
except for that tiny detail where we're still critically dependent on raw materials that can only be economically extracted in certain parts of the world.

That’s a contingent, not a necessary fact. The Haber-Bosch process was invented to provide nitrogen for German armaments faced with the same kinds of difficulties. If you really need something the fact that it just got ten times more expensive matters very little.