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IdeaHamstir on Dec 20, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Building a Home Aquaponics System: The Basics

The vast majority of nitrogen fertilizers are produced by burning natural gas with atmospheric nitrogen to produce NH3, NH3OH and CO2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process

I guess in a way, the natural gas extraction is a mining process.

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