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147 points rbanffy | 4 comments | 16 Jan 25 14:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.543s | source

1. btbuildem ◴[16 Jan 25 20:18 UTC] No.42730358[source]▶

I wonder what are the side effects of extracting nitrogen out of air -- supposing this was developed and deployed at scale.

2. pjc50 ◴[16 Jan 25 20:39 UTC] No.42730591[source]▶

It's 80% of the atmosphere. You're not going to run out. What might be a risk is dumping it, nitrogenation of rivers is already a problem in places.

3. atrus ◴[16 Jan 25 20:42 UTC] No.42730626[source]▶

I doubt much. We've been pumping billions of tons of co2 and only slightly raised co2 and that's a small small portion of the air in the atmosphere.

4. amock ◴[17 Jan 25 19:02 UTC] No.42741997[source]▶

We already make ammonia from the nitrogen in the air.

Device uses wind to create ammonia out of air