Starvation. Poverty. People struggling to buy medicine and fuel. Disaster happened after one government fell under the influence of the world's environmental extremists. Many "experts" say pure nature is best. United Nations officials now tell politicians that the climate "crisis" demands countries make all sorts of sacrifices, like cutting nitrogen waste. Much of that waste comes from synthetic fertilizer, so activists applauded when Sri Lanka's government decided to become the first country to really take their advice. Sri Lanka banned all synthetic fertilizers. Oops. Suddenly, the same farms produced much less food. Food prices rose 80%. One result: riots. As my new video shows, thousands swarmed the president's mansion. Some had a cookout on his lawn. The president resigned and fled the country.

It turns out that we need chemical fertilizers. Environmental writer Michael Shellenberger says if countries listened to today's green activists, there would be mass starvation. "We could only support 2 to 3 billion people on earth if we just relied on natural fertilizers like manure. ... There's 8 billion people."

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