Nitrogen: Chemists have unleashed a fury as threatening as atomic energy
Seemorerocks We have two diametrically opposed points-of-view on the crisis we are facing. On the one hand we have the environmentalists saying that we have to urgently cut back on the use of nitrogen fertiliser because nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that could could ‘threaten global climate goals’. On the other, we have the denialists who say that cutbacks are leading to famine and food shortages because farmers cannot produce food without nitrogen fertilisers. I personally think that reality…