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If you seeded an ecosystem with nitrogen supplements would it allow the plant life to grow at an accelerated rate and capture carbon?
by kingkawn 8y ago
If you seeded an ecosystem with nitrogen supplements would it allow the plant life to grow at an accelerated rate and capture carbon?
- gepoch 8y agoYou use ammonia to add nitrogen to crops. Making ammonia is an extremely energy intensive process that already contributes about 2-3% of global carbon emmissions. [1] So you could spray ammonia everywhere to promote growth, but it's not clear that you'll offset the carbon emissions from making so much ammonia in the first place. [1] https://m.phys.org/news/2018-07-electrochemically-produced-ammonia-revolutionize-food-production.html https://m.phys.org/news/2018-07-electrochemically-produced-a...
- kingkawn 8y agoAhh that’s what I figured, too bad nitrogen fixing cover crops is the way in agriculture I guess
- gameswithgo 8y agowe are already doing that aggressively to feed everyone, and we worry it might be hard to keep it up, as is.