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Dec 2021
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Episode #90 - Dexter White and Why Urea ...

TOM LUONGO
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On the eve of the Biden Putin phone call to avert war in Ukraine, Russia announced an end to fertilizer exports. Last month China quietly ended ammonia exports. There is a worldwide shortage of urea needed to run not only new diesel cars but also trucks and some farm equipment.

Is this a precursor to war or just another example of the damage done to the global economy by Davos and its merry band of vandals? That's what's on tap today.
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