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Is there a cheap way to create fertilizers without hydrocarbons? Otherwise there will be demand for them as long as they are available. In other words, it's ver

Is there a cheap way to create fertilizers without hydrocarbons? Otherwise there will be demand for them as long as they are available. In other words, it's very likely that we will use all available fossil fuels.

rightbyte 4y ago
> Is there a cheap way to create fertilizers without hydrocarbons? There is cow poo if you don't count circulating carbon.
- Ekaros 4y ago
  I think there is recent experiment about that... My understanding is that it didn't go too well in Sri Lanka...
  - rightbyte 4y ago
    There are only so many cows.
adrianN 4y ago
The Haber-Bosch process needs Hydrogen. Currently we get that from Methane, but you can also use electrolysis to produce it.