3006 Highway 71 - Spirit Lake, Iowa 51360
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Phone: 712-330-3114
Fax: 515-474-4541
freedomfertilizer.com


As we all know concerns about fossil fuels, our economy and global climate change all go hand in hand. The largest percentage of fossil fuel consumed in growing an acre of corn is for the production of Nitrogen fertilizer. More energy is consumed to produce the 150 plus pounds of nitrogen that is required to sustain today's yields than all other aspects of production. More energy than tillage, planting, harvesting and delivery combined. A single ton of NH3 made from natural gas also produces 1.8 tons of Co2. And if we where to use coal rather than natural gas as some are promoting. Well over 3 tons Co2 would be produced along with many other unwanted pollutants. Worldwide there are more tons of NH3 produced annually than any other man made chemical compound. NH3 production is a huge consumer of fossil fuel. The production of NH3 consumes over 4% of our yearly fossil fuel production worldwide and hence a major greenhouse gas contributor.

Currently the United States is importing a higher percentage of NH3 than we do fossil fuel. More than 75% of the ammonia used in this country is imported. This is not only bad for our economy this puts the United States at risk. It is not just about food production but about food security.

By Freedom Fertilizer promoting green NH3 and assisting in the development of new ammonia production technology we can reduce greenhouse emissions and the energy needed to produce NH3. This new process we are assisting with can reduce the energy requirements to produce a ton of NH3 by 1/3 and slash the Co2 emissions to zero. This not only makes corn production greener but will help to silence the criticism of the carbon foot print of corn based ethanol as well. Our current cost estimates using this new technology is: for every 1 cent of kw electricity cost, NH3 cost is $100 per ton. So 5 cent a Kw wind power would make for $500 per ton NH3. Much better than today’s spot prices of well over $1000 per ton. Not only greener but less expensive as well

As demand grows for dwindling domestic natural gas supplies and transportation costs sky rocket, foreign produced NH3 will continue to become more costly. The most common sense solution is for green NH3 produced "renewably" from local wind and water resources. Right here in the corn belt. This is Freedom Fertilizers main objective

But then to make the scenario even more appealing is the prospect of NH3 as fuel. You are probably not aware of Mr. Norm Olson from the Iowa Energy Center and his push for ammonia fuels. We are working closely with his Ammonia Fuel Network to push these ideas of NH3 as an ultra clean 100% renewable energy source. A local company H.E.C. in Algona, Ia is currently working on building Ammonia fueled internal combustion engines.

Imagine the day when renewable sources of energy, wind, solar, wave, hydro or geothermal could be producing the power required for NH3 production units in or close to the same fields as crops that require Nitrogen fertility. These same units could also be producing the NH3 fuel for the equipment that will be tilling, planting and harvesting these same fields. Does this seem impossible? We don't think so. With proper promotion and funding this can happen. And just maybe, much sooner than anyone can imagine. We have the renewable resources, technology and knowledge to accomplish everything that I have just described. What we need is wide spread support and venture capital funding to make it happen.

In times like these projects like Freedom Fertilizer can help to shed light on not just ideas but work to create long term solutions.