1·Indeed, on a global scale, fertiliser manufacturing consumes about 3-5% of the world's annual natural gas supply.
事实上，在全球范围内，化肥生产消耗了全球每年约3-5%的天然气供应。
2·At the moment we are losing our groundwater very quickly, destroying soil nutrients, and farmers are going into debt because they are dependent on fertiliser and other inputs.
目前，我们正在非常迅速地失去我们的地下水、破坏土壤养分，而农民们正在欠债，因为他们依赖于化肥和其它投入。
3·So increased fertiliser use would boost yields in some countries and be counterproductive in others.
因此，增加的化肥使用将在一些国家增产，而在其他国家适得其反。
4·Maintaining that promise depends in part on potash, the only fertiliser in which China is seriously deficient.
要信守这个承诺，在一定程度上要靠钾肥，这是中国唯一一种严重短缺的化肥。
5·Why do Americans spend such huge amounts of time, money, water, fertiliser and fuel on growing a useless smooth expanse of grass?
为什么美国人要把如此大量的时间、金钱、水、化肥和燃料花在一大片平整却毫无用处的草地上呢？