Please Go Back To Using Poop Fertilizers

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Please Go Back To Using Poop Fertilizers

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Time-traveling to medieval times with knowledge of the Haber-Bosch process would be a total flop! The meme perfectly captures that awkward moment when your advanced nitrogen fixation knowledge meets blank medieval stares.

The Haber-Bosch process revolutionized agriculture by synthesizing ammonia for fertilizers, replacing traditional methods (like good ol' manure). But try explaining high-pressure hydrogen and nitrogen catalysis to people who think the Black Death is caused by bad smells!

Medieval farmers: "So you're saying we should stop using poop on fields and instead build massive industrial complexes requiring technology that won't exist for 800 years?" Yeah, that cat's "idk" face says it all.

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