Tucker Carlson: “A huge percentage of fertilizer comes from natural gas.”

“Resources are food, water and energy, the three things necessary for life, for growth, for civilization. Food, water, energy. Food, by and large comes from energy, by the way, A huge percentage of fertilizer comes from natural gas. But it takes energy to make food, of course. But a country's resources, its physical resources, the things it finds in the ground, are essential to that country's prosperity.” (33:16–33:24)

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