Nitrogen fertilizer

According to the University of Nebraska the embodied energy of 1 lb of nitrogen fertilizer is 0.0057 kWh, and during its production 2.55 lb of CO2 is released, as well as 0.003 lb of methane (another potent greenhouse gas).

The embodied energy will be represented here as average electricity, which, unfortunately will skew the results towards higher impact.

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Impact of one pound
of "Nitrogen fertilizer":

Overall impact (CEII): 453.37
Depletion (DI): 1.35	Pollution (PI): 457.94	Entropy (EI)): 0

How the environment impact was calculated:

Production:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
Electricity, average	0.0057	kWh	1.35	2.19	0	2.18

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Pollution (PI)	Total Impact (CEII)
Carbon dioxide pollution	2.55	pound	91.04	90.12
Methane pollution	0.003	pound	7.71	7.63
Nitrogen oxides pollution	0.02	pound	357	353.43

Use:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Disposal:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

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