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UncleOxidantyesterday at 3:01 AM1 replyview on HN

How many years can they maintain that without petroleum inputs?


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ch4s3yesterday at 1:54 PM

Ammonia can be generated through electrolysis as feed-stock for Haber-Bosch to get nitrogen, so literally forever. The reason we use petroleum is because it's currently cheaper than solar PV electrolysis.

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