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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: 0.201s | source
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chrisbrandow ◴[16 Jan 25 16:12 UTC] No.42727218[source]▶
Assuming the energy input is atmospheric warmth, then the real question is what volume of ammonia can you produce with this device per acre? Then how does that amount of captured energy compare with wind/solar in the same area?

Otherwise, you’re just better off, producing electricity from one of those sources, or producing ammonia, using electricity from one of those sources, after accounting for losses in the various processes of course.

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dexwiz ◴[16 Jan 25 16:26 UTC] No.42727420[source]▶
Ammonia is very common in industrial applications.
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1. tomrod ◴[16 Jan 25 17:04 UTC] No.42727871[source]▶
True. Commonality of ammonia references ammonia demand whereas grandparent comment was referencing the supply capacity per acre.