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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

53: A Simple Solution

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

His formula saved millions from starvation - among other things.

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This is the way I heard it.

0:37.0

Fritz was a chemist with a very simple philosophy.

0:40.0

The bigger the problem, the simpler the solution.

0:43.0

So when he turned his mind to the problem of global starvation,

0:48.0

Fritz didn't focus on the lack of food.

0:50.0

He focused on the lack of poop.

0:53.0

Back in the early 20th century, the production of nitrogen-based products

0:57.0

was completely reliant upon the acquisition of ammonia from natural deposits.

1:02.0

And there just wasn't enough poop on the planet to fertilize enough crops

1:06.0

to feed the exploding population.

1:09.0

So rather than round up feces from every species,

1:13.0

Fritz decided to recreate ammonia's catalytic formation

1:17.0

from hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen.

1:20.0

In other words, Fritz pulled ammonia from thin air.

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