Ammonia: The Freeloader Gas That Feeds Four Billion | Catalyst

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Our nitrogen, 78% of every breath you take, your body cannot use it. It enters, it leaves, it does nothing. The world's most abundant freeloader. Then in 1909, a German chemist cracked it open. One reaction, 175 million tons of ammonia a year. Half the nitrogen in your body came from a factory, and the guy who invented it also invented chemical weapons. I'm not making this up. Full story is on the channel.