You might be surprised to hear it phrased this way, but you are a fossil fuel product.

Half of the nitrogen atoms in your body are artificially synthesized. They are a product of the Haber-Bosch process, a process that requires fossil fuels. The world's population relies on fossil fuels powering the Haber-Bosch production of ammonia, used in fertilizer, to grow the food that keeps us alive. You are what you eat.

In fact, without fossil fuels you probably wouldn’t exist on earth today. When we talk about our carbon footprint, the only real question is which foot – the right or the left. 

That might be a lot to swallow, so we’re going to approach this in two episodes. Because to understand the magnitude of the technology Douglas MacFarlane developed with his team at Monash University, to see how radically it will change the world, you’ll first need to understand how we got here. And this story is so huge, so all-encompassing, and (despite being something we’re all living through) almost completely unknown to you, that we’ll have to lay the groundwork in this episode for you to appreciate the next.

So, get ready for birds, bones, and guns as we explore ammonia. 

Our guest today is Douglas MacFarlane of Jupiter Ionics. He and his team developed a new method to produce ammonia without fossil fuels. Green ammonia might play a very big role in solving climate change and bring ammonia redemption.  

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Music in this episode provided by Artlist.io 

Theme Song - "The Best Thing" by Paper Planes
00:00 - "It Dont Rain" by Ben Strawn
04:05 - "Sentiment" by Runar Blesvik
08:00 - "Finale" by David Morton
08:17 - "Lost Are We" by Alon Peretz
11:42 - "Auf Wiedersehn" by Victor Dance Orchestra
14:20 - "Battle of the Nations" by Conways Band
15:01 - "Ebb and Flow" by Kadir Demir
20:00 - "Heavens" by Itai Argaman

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