Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com

There is no substitute for the element phosphorous, which, as this story notes, www.theaustralian.news.com is at the heart of modern farming.

Nevertheless, phosphorous is being used up and wasted at such a rate that the world could run out in 50 years, in large part because of the world’s growing use of crop-based transportation ethanol.

As if we didn’t have enough energy-related crises to worry about.

Until tomorrow.