The Golgafrincham B Arc of the world economy...

This we can't get fertilizer anymore because of the straight of Hormuz being blocked is the dumbest thing I ever heard. The Haber process which creates ammonia was developed in Germany in 1910 and requires only hydrogen, nitrogen and iron as a catalyst.  So why are we importing it from half way round the world?  We could just make our own?  Even more bizarre is the idea we need to import CO2 for refrigeration from the far east.  It's 0.04% of the world's atmosphere.  We literally have power stations that belch it out on an industrial scale but ... "Can't find any of the, mate". You don't need to send Sir Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe.  Really shows you the parlous state of British Manufacturing.  We truly have created an economy of everyone opening doors for each other with creates literally nothing useful - the Golgafrincham B Arc of the world economy...