Duh. Works for the short term.
No soil in the world could supply adequate nitrogen to grow modern corn without outside nitrogen being added.
Ruining soil to make ethanol for cars is a terrible use of trace minerals.
“Ruining soil to make ethanol for cars is a terrible use of trace minerals. “
Do you farm?
Raising corn for ethanol doesn’t “ruin the soil”. The soil will be farmed and things grown ethanol or not.
Farmers can use good farming practices or not use good farming practices; they choose.
Anhydrous ammonia has been used since probably the 40’s. The other alternative would be the more costly urea source of nitrogen. Or animal manure if available; which is a great source; but isn’t available everywhere.
Explain how it ruins soil. Are you a soil scientist? Do you produce food for a living? Take a lesson from heartland, he obviously knows about agriculture.