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Re:Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple invention? by aaronblohowiak on Monday February 10, 2020 @03:30PM (#22292938)
less ubiquitous in a bio-available way. Nitrogen is most of the atmosphere.
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Re:Ask HN: What’s the most important modern simple invention? by rriepe on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:24PM (#22294068)
I meant it in an "elements occurring in the universe" sort of way, but this is a great point too. If we could get at atmospheric nitrogen naturally, there'd be no bottleneck.
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