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entropicgravity 7 days ago

The future of shipping is ammonia. It has, pretty much, all the attributes of fossil fuels but being NH4 it doesn't produce an earth warming byproduct.

lstodd 6 days ago | parent [-]

now imagine a leak of it.

fuel oil.. you just fence it off and scoop up.

ammonia.. evacuate the port and city

entropicgravity 6 days ago | parent [-]

Studies have been done comparing gasoline vs. ammonia and while there are differences overall the dangers and mitigations are about the same.