Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Mohamed Hijri: A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis" video.

  1. Agenda? No agenda.Just not taking anything on face value. I did listen to the talk - it was in French - I don't speak French. You could have made all of the points you made in your comment without being a rude child, and they would have carried more weight. Which is not saying much as you actually didn't refute any of my points. So it works. Did I question that? I questioned the cost, as well as his prediction that phosphates would soon run out, necessitating this process.
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  2. Hardly - English is the world's most popular international language.It's not a matter of belittling anything - more a recognition that if you want to participate in international science, that you need the ability to communicate in the globe's common language.
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  3. Hijiri was somewhat reticent about the biological effects of fusing a mushroom with every piece of food. Does it change the taste, the texture, other properties? Does it have negative biological effects. He was keen to characterise this as symbiosis, but it looked more like a parasitic infestation to me.
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  4. Yes, I noticed that he didn't mention cost. And then the scary "potassium is going to run out" graph. Surprisingly similar to the now discredited peak oil graph. One thing he didn't mention; more potassium is only needed if we grow inefficiently. Genrtically modified plants are more adaptable and effeicient. And didn't the plants all grow without fertilisers back in the good old days - you know; the past 3.5 billion years, up till 150 years ago?!
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