How is natural gas used for producing fertilizer?

Question

I just read that the gas shortage in Europe also affects fertilizer production. How is natural gas used as a raw material for fertilizer?

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Answer 1

Gotta get shit real hot if ya wanna use it to recreate the natural process of nitrogen fixation. Lightening strike hot. Since we can’t create lightning we use fossil fuels to mimic the effects for an industrial use and scale.