"Nitrogen is, by definition, inert."
The problem with "deomcracy" is even guys like you can vote.
Every hear of nitrates, nitrites, etc. etc.
Good grief!
Hank
Hey Hank, stuff it!
I think a lot of people think of the N2 gas which is the major part of the atmosphere as "inert" in a conventional (non-technical) sense, because it does not play a part in human life, our bodies don't do anything with it when we inhale it at ordinary atmospheric pressure. In that sense, it's just something that "dilutes the oxygen."