On: Device uses wind to create ammonia out of air

[btbuildem]

I wonder what are the side effects of extracting nitrogen out of air -- supposing this was developed and deployed at scale.

[atrus → btbuildem]

I doubt much. We've been pumping billions of tons of co2 and only slightly raised co2 and that's a small small portion of the air in the atmosphere.

[pjc50 → btbuildem]

It's 80% of the atmosphere. You're not going to run out. What might be a risk is dumping it, nitrogenation of rivers is already a problem in places.

[amock → btbuildem]

We already make ammonia from the nitrogen in the air.