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> Electric synthetic ammonia is mature tech I'd prefer a nuclear plant nearby, ammonia is toxic: https://abc13.com/ammonia-truck-disaster-houston/1332062/ http

• ncmncm 4y ago
  One incident almost 50 years ago, with no long-term effect, is not a red warning. Ammonia as an energy storage medium grows an already very mature use. Millions of tons of ammonia are handled every year.
  • Const-me 4y ago
    > One incident almost 50 years ago Smaller incidents happen every year, example for Canada: https://www.technicalsafetybc.ca/case-study-ammonia-release-incidents-2007-2017 https://www.technicalsafetybc.ca/case-study-ammonia-release-... > Millions of tons of ammonia are handled every year. Fertilizers are handled in even larger quantities, generally safe most of the time, yet accidents do happen. This alone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion killed comparable count of people to Chernobyl + Fukushima combined. I consider a nuclear power plant way safer than a facility which handles bulk quantities of toxic or explosive stuff.
    • ncmncm 4y ago
      Reaching.