Geopolitical map to be redrawn around phosphorus

Cid_Yama · Last edited by Cid_Yama on Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:42 pm; edited 1 time in total

Within a few decades, according to forecasts used by scientists at Linkoping University, in Sweden, a “peak phosphorus” crunch could represent a serious threat to agriculture as global reserves of high-quality phosphate rock go into terminal decline.

Because supplies of phosphates suitable for mining are so limited, a new geopolitical map may be drawn around the remaining reserves - a dynamic that would give a sudden boost to the global importance of Morocco, which holds 32 per cent of the world's proven reserves.

Beyond Morocco, the world's chief phosphorus reserves for export are concentrated in Western Sahara, South Africa, Jordan, Syria and Russia.

“Quite simply, without phosphorus we cannot produce food."

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Secret contacts to speed up the building of an American military base in Morocco

After the attack on the French tourists in Mauritania, American intelligence had intensive contacts with Moroccan intelligence to speed up the secret ongoing negotiations between the both sides to move their military base from Stuttgart in Germany to an American military base in south Morocco.

The Moroccan side offered a place called “Cap Daraa” in Tanttan province in the Moroccan Sahara, an American intelligence Service delegation and a group of technicians visited the area and took aerial-photographs of the area to determine the exact location of the military base to their final report to the Pentagon.

The Americans preferred a Military base with free access to the sea so they can control the flow of arms to their base, Mauritania refused to host an American military base over the territory.

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Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1439

Cid - I love your posts. Keep up the awesome work.

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cipi604

I rode few months ago about this problem, now I see that USA is preparing quietly... good to know.

Kylon · Expert Joined: Aug 12, 2005 Posts: 803

what we need to do, is stop mining our phosphorous, and start mining theirs.

Morocco would probably love to have all the extra money to come flowing in.

So long as we have large reserves, foreign countries can't threaten us with shortages.

It would make bargaining much easier for the West.

Munqi · Tar Sands Joined: May 04, 2008 Posts: 64 Location: Finland

Completely new to me. Thank you for sharing this.

The bad news just keep on piling up. Cool

mmasters

Good one!
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A little known but very serious problem. Expensive phosphorus and expensive natural gas will contribute to a serious increase in food prices within a 15-20 year timeframe.

Once again it's not just an oil crisis but a general resource crisis plus environmental crisis. As predicted by the Club of Rome over three decades ago.

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setag · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 59

Oh, everyone will be looking for the wonderful phosphorus rock. There is uranium in them there rocks!

The technology to extract uranium from the phosphoric acid in phosphates is developed and Uranium is more lucrative.

bluster2000 · Tar Sands Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 27

Can´t we just piss it up? Embarassed

pedalling_faster · Intermediate Crude Joined: Dec 10, 2005 Posts: 746

if i was in a Muslim country that had a lot of Phosphorus preserves, i'd be worried.
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