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Not true It's possible to make nitrogen fertilizer from air and water using electricity there are multiple European startups with working prototype systems. It is expensive comparatively to current systems as electricity is expensive but solar + battery is changing that rapidly. This is why I say most governments and the world at large are not ready for the change that is going to come with cheap electricity. Many countries will not need purchase from outside energy and fertilizer. Also the new fertilizer production systems are small enough that they can easily be transported to the area requiring fertilizer instead of moving 1000s of tons of fertilizer.


> Not true It's possible to make nitrogen fertilizer from air and water using electricity there are multiple European startups with working prototype systems.

At what price ? Who's doing it in any meaningful way ?

> but solar + battery is changing that rapidly.

Who's building your panels and batteries ? Are you just trading dependency from Russia to China ? Is it desirable ?




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