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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: 0.213s | source
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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.
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1. 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.