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by andrekandre 2036 days ago
> Non-assimilated nitrogen and its volatile compounds create just the conditions for a pandemic virus to develop..

(genuinely curious) how so?

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Population.

Haber-Bosch converts oil into people.

The "conditions for a pandemic" are just modern global society.

(The jury is out, if over-population causes an environmental crash that kills billions, will it all have been worth it? We are victims of our own success, and have a needle to thread.)