#lka #Politics #science Dear Mr. President
1. I'm a PhD Chemist
2. Sri Lanka produce many good chemists who sometimes leave the SL due to these kind of policies
3. Your science advisor is a chemist
4. Haber-Bosch process developed in 1910 lead to chemical fertilizer industry https://twitter.com/NewsWireLK/status/1385380858081660929

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5. There are enormous amount of data to support how Haber-Bosch process lead to the increasing of population in the world.
6. Scientists and technologists develop many things aiming the progress of human kind

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7. Users of such technologies also have a responsibility
8. A knife could be used to cut cake or a neck
9. How it was used is not the fault of the technology.
10. Policies should aim the future not the past

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11. World population is going to reach 9 billion by 2044
12. This is going definitely increase our population too
13. There is already pressure on food, water and energy requirements among others to cater this increasing population

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14. Already known studies are there to show that organic fertilizer only cannot supply the food demand
15. I also agree overuse of chemical fertilizer leads to problems

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16. Rather than banning, put the onus on chemical fertilizer manufacturers, importers, distributors and the users. Impose fines on environmental destruction. Ask then to create educational programs and get educated.
That's a better solution than banning