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    10 days ago

    The CO2 we breath out is recycled from carbon that is already on the Earth’s surface. But much of the food we eat relies on fertilizer synthesized using fossil methane. That additional fossil methane is added to the atmosphere during production of synthetic fertilizer.

    Only people relying on food from synthetic fertilizer contribute to global warming, but that includes almost everyone because we are not told about it.

    Producers of synthetic fertilizers don’t brag or shout about it, so the end consumers are not aware.