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Does the Ability of Humans to Produce Synthetic Fertilizer Mean

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Does the ability of humans to produce synthetic fertilizer mean that the carrying capacity of our biosphere for the human population is without limit?


A) Yes; with a constant supply of fertilizer humans can produce an unlimited amount of food.
B) No; the resources needed to produce fertilizers are themselves limited, as with other resources eventually fertilizer production will peak and decline.
C) Yes; fertilizers are almost entirely nitrogen, and as the most abundant gas in the atmosphere the supply of nitrogen is essentially unlimited.
D) No; converting the nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form chemically suitable for fertilizer is not economically practical.

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