Is the world being destroyed?

Do you believe that human civilization is doomed to collapse in a couple of generations because of phosphorus?

Are you worried about humanity reaching "peak phosphorus" in the next say 8 years

resources, like trees andwater, and petroleum are limited and can be 'mined out' (water would probably take something beyond mere human futzing).

There are many pathways to pollution from fracking. After the well is fracked and starts producing oil and gas, much of the fracking fluid remains underground where it could potentially contaminate groundwater if fractures connect to aquifer systems. There is some evidence that shallow aquifers have been polluted by methane either due to poorly constructed production wells, “communication” between production wells and drinking water wells, or both.

After the fracturing process, a percentage of the water returns fairly quickly to the surface as wastewater, also called “flowback.” The briny water that has long been underground and comes up during continued operation of the well, called “produced water,” can contain naturally occurring contaminants like the radioactive element radium, along with other heavy metals and salts. All of this wastewater is toxic and must be collected and stored; it then must be treated or discharged – or reinjected into a deep disposal well.

The wastewater is often pumped into holding ponds where it can leak and settle into surrounding groundwater, and impact wildlife. The contamination of groundwater is of major concern for those who live near drilling operations and rely on drinking water wells. And the contamination of watersheds that provide drinking water for millions of people in cities hundreds of miles away from any natural gas drilling sites poses a significant threat as well.

The US EPA’s “Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources” is the most comprehensive study to date on fracking. While the EPA claimed that fracking does not necessarily lead to “widespread, systemic” drinking water pollution, they did for the first time confirm that groundwater has been polluted at points along the fracking “water cycle.” The report also includes a major caveat that “[t]here is a high degree of uncertainty about whether the relatively few instances of impacts noted in this report are the result of a rarity of effects or a lack of data.”

Federal and state responses to the threats to water resources posed by fracking have been mixed at best. At the federal level, regulation is insufficient due to certain explicit exemptions from the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act granted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

They are claiming that phosphorus will reach a peak in the next 10 years and after that price rises will lead to a collapse of civilization.

They are claiming that global GDP is about to fall.

They are claiming that human civilization can't last more than a "few generations".

These are extreme claims.

They aren't backed by science.

A non-renewable resource (also called a finite resource) is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption.[1] An example is carbon-based fossil fuels. The original organic matter, with the aid of heat and pressure, becomes a fuel such as oil or gas. Earth minerals and metal ores, fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, natural gas) and groundwater in certain aquifers are all considered non-renewable resources, though individual elements are always conserved (except in nuclear reactions).

There is a difference between advocating for reasonable science-based policies and pushing alarmist conspiracy theories about the imminent demise of the human race.

You and I are in agreement, Farmerman.

Phosphorus is recycled very efficiently and its availability isnt presenting a problem into the future.

It is almost impossible to disprove these things, because it is starting with an ideology and a psychological need to believe. Once you have that, you can always "gather facts" to support your theory.