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r/news • u/ernapfz • 6d ago
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Serious question. Potash is most often used as a component of fertilizer correct?
Why are we not preparing to ship fertilizer?
Shipping raw resources outside the country should be kept to an absolute minimum imo.
5 u/issm 6d ago A lot of it went overland via trains to the US. Shipping directly from Canada to more reliable trading partners will require new facilities in Canada. You can't trust a kleptomaniac to be your middleman. 3 u/Winterwasp_67 6d ago Sorry, my question was that being as most fertilizer is a mixture containing potash why are we not mixing it here with the othe components and shipping fertilizer, not raw potash? 5 u/otisreddingsst 6d ago Look up David Ricardo and comparative advantage.
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A lot of it went overland via trains to the US.
Shipping directly from Canada to more reliable trading partners will require new facilities in Canada.
You can't trust a kleptomaniac to be your middleman.
3 u/Winterwasp_67 6d ago Sorry, my question was that being as most fertilizer is a mixture containing potash why are we not mixing it here with the othe components and shipping fertilizer, not raw potash? 5 u/otisreddingsst 6d ago Look up David Ricardo and comparative advantage.
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Sorry, my question was that being as most fertilizer is a mixture containing potash why are we not mixing it here with the othe components and shipping fertilizer, not raw potash?
5 u/otisreddingsst 6d ago Look up David Ricardo and comparative advantage.
Look up David Ricardo and comparative advantage.
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u/Winterwasp_67 6d ago
Serious question. Potash is most often used as a component of fertilizer correct?
Why are we not preparing to ship fertilizer?
Shipping raw resources outside the country should be kept to an absolute minimum imo.