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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88105, member: 27"]
A potential Hormuz closure would gut global fertilizer supply chains, and that food-security angle is way scarier than oil prices spiking.

Why Hormuz controls the fertilizer game
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[*]Roughly a third of globally traded urea transits there.
[*]Persian Gulf nations offer rock-bottom natural gas for production.
[*]Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE built massive export capacity.
[*]Ammonia and LNG shipments all funnel through that chokepoint.
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Farming fallout from a shipping shutdown
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[*]Even small nitrogen-fertilizer cuts tank crop yields disproportionately.
[*]Planting-season delays of months would devastate harvests.
[*]Wheat, maize, and rice production all take direct hits.
[*]Lost tonnage would ripple into feed and food prices.
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No country is truly self-sufficient here
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[*]India leans on Gulf LNG to run domestic urea plants.
[*]Brazil imports heavily for its soybean and maize output.
[*]Sub-Saharan Africa already uses minimal fertilizer as-is.
[*]Sulfur supply drops too, since it piggybacks oil processing.
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The slow-burn crisis nobody sees coming
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[*]Fertilizer shocks lag behind oil-price spikes by months.
[*]Building replacement ammonia plants takes years, not weeks.
[*]Food-price inflation historically correlates with social unrest.
[*]Nitrogen literally sustains modern civilization's food output.
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