A Conversation with Eddy Fay - OCP's representative in Argentina
I was surprised that synthetic nitrogen only makes half of the population possible. I would have thought it was much higher, like 80%.
The Haber Bosch process was only possible because fossil fuels provided the energy. You could argue that fossil fuels allowed the increase in population. Everything is about energy!
True indeed. Vaclav Smil has an interesting chapter on fertilizers on his book How the World Really Works
I was surprised that synthetic nitrogen only makes half of the population possible. I would have thought it was much higher, like 80%.
The Haber Bosch process was only possible because fossil fuels provided the energy. You could argue that fossil fuels allowed the increase in population. Everything is about energy!
True indeed. Vaclav Smil has an interesting chapter on fertilizers on his book How the World Really Works