Head Count Essay

Based on what I read, "Head Count" by Elizabeth Kolbert, the Haber-Bosch Process is a very positive thing in human civilization. It keeps the population growing everyday. The process provides humans with resources to keep this growth rate going. I find it even more fascinating that it is a artificial nitrogen fertilizer. Also that Haber proved all that opposed to creating ammonia in a laboratory with just nitrogen gas and hydrogen wrong. The Haber process helped around the world even during the first World War; Germans were able to use this process as an advantage. "Thanks to The Haber-Bosch process, the Germans were able to keep the bobs dropping even after their supplies of saltpeter had run low." There is another question within the article regarding the effects if we stop using the process. I don't understand why would there be a reason to stop. We receive resources off of this process which is a good thing according to the population growth. Although, I agree if the population increases too much we will result in having a less supply of resources. But women can control their child development easily with the sources they are supplied with as well. Which does relate total fertility rate, if women use the sources they are supplied with we will not continue to have this problem. We should find a balance of life and death within the population growth. In that case the Haber-Bosch process is very resourceful and should be used as an in advantage in human civilization. If used correctly and with a balance in population and it can lead to an increase in our food source.