Bill Gates Promotes Climate Plan That Devastated the Supply and Cost of Food in Sri Lanka

EVAN POELLINGER | SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Billionaire climate activist Bill Gates wants farmers to stop using fertilizer, a plan that has already been tried, with catastrophic consequences for food supplies and costs.

Gates denounced fertilizer and livestock as two of the biggest contributors to the global climate change menace, during a recent episode of his Unconfuse Me podcast. 

Gates commented that “of all the climate areas, the one that people are probably least aware of is all the fertilizer and cows, and that’s a challenge.”

The real challenge, however, seems to be the ensuing consequences of restricting the specific “climate area” of chemical fertilizer that Gates deems to be so problematic. 

Two years ago, the Sri Lankan government made the decision to ban chemical fertilizers, a decision which ultimately led to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa being forced to flee the country amid an economic crisis - which was, in part, catalyzed by dramatically reduced crop yields.

In September, 2022, John Stossel cataloged the drastic effects of Sri Lanka’s policies, which began in April, 2021, when the Sri Lankan government banned the importation of agrochemicals, notably nitrogen fertilizer. 

The ostensible justification for the ban stemmed from synthetic fertilizers producing nitrogen waste, a greenhouse gas, as well as creating nitrogen runoff, which can poison waterways.

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