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Device uses wind to create ammonia out of air

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147 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 14:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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_aavaa_ ◴[16 Jan 25 15:58 UTC] No.42727009[source]▶
Ammonia as a fuel is an absurdly stupid idea. It is trading the lives and safety of crews and passengers for a bit of money.
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ReptileMan ◴[16 Jan 25 16:13 UTC] No.42727230[source]▶
What is so dangerous about it compared to lets say a gasoline engine converted to use LPG or Methane? There are many of those in Europe where I live.
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1. AlotOfReading ◴[16 Jan 25 16:25 UTC] No.42727404[source]▶
Ammonia is much more caustic, toxic, and explosive than LPG and incidents involving it like the Minot derailment tend to be significantly worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot_train_derailment