"The products resulting from the combustion of hydrocarbon fuel includes most of the principal nutrients required by the soil for the production of crops, and specifically nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, in ionic elemental or radical form, and various compounds thereof, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen hydride and anhydrous ammonia. The ambient air is the primary source of the nitrogen, while the carbon and sulfur are derived from the hot exhaust gasses. Although air, is ingested into the internal combustion engine and reacts with the hydrocarbon fuel in the combustion process to produce many of the nutrient nitrogen compounds and oxidation compounds, nevertheless, substantial quantities of additional nitrogen and oxygen from the ambient air are combined in the collection chamber with the hot gaseous products of combustion, as free ionic elements to improve the activity of the aerobic microorganisms in the soil, or to combine with the hot products of combustion to provide additional compounds of nitrogen and oxygen."
My question would be: how many pounds per acre of each nutrient would be provided by exhaust gas? My guess would be: not much. And what would be the impact on plant growth to stimulate microbe growth in the soil? Is it speeding up decomposition and release of nutrients from organic matter? Could it increase root diseases? I have to agree with the others that this idea sounds far-fetched.
My question would be: how many pounds per acre of each nutrient would be provided by exhaust gas? My guess would be: not much. And what would be the impact on plant growth to stimulate microbe growth in the soil? Is it speeding up decomposition and release of nutrients from organic matter? Could it increase root diseases? I have to agree with the others that this idea sounds far-fetched.
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