Growing the Future

The Alchemy of Air

Episode Summary

Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) Inventor and Developer of Technologies at Crop Intellect and Inventor of RLEAF. R-LEAF is a disruptive technology that is based on photocatalyst (A material which absorbs light to bring it to higher energy level and provides energy to a reacting substance to make a chemical reaction occur.) Crop intellect was established in 2011 to preform, research and develop innovations that are out of the ordinary and disruptive. This episode Dan and Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) dive deep into science and innovations.

Episode Notes

Take a deep breath ...

Nitrogen gas makes up almost 80 percent of the atmosphere.

We breathe it in and out all day long, but in this state it is useless to the plants we grow to feed the world.

Above our heads is a vast vault of unusable nitrogen; under our feet, a limited amount of fixed nitrogen.

Synthesis of this unusable nitrogen into fertilizer through the Haber-Bosch process has fuelled the population growth of the last 100+ years.

Yet we often take for granted that the air we breath is clean.

45,000 immature deaths occur in the UK alone yearly because of Nitrous Oxide pollution.

What if you could take that pollution and turn it into a product that produces higher yields….

Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) Inventor and Developer of Technologies at Crop Intellect has done just that with R-LEAF.

Crop intellect was established in 2011 to preform, research and develop innovations that are out of the ordinary and disruptive.

After they sold the Chlorophyll Increase Activator to Cargill to be commercialized globally it was time for something new!

R-LEAF is a disruptive technology that is based on photocatalyst (A material which absorbs light to bring it to higher energy level and provides energy to a reacting substance to make a chemical reaction occur.)

R-LEAF captures Nitrous Oxide from the atmosphere and turns it into Nitrate which is food for plants.

The secret of successful farming is moving nitrogen around.

Even the Queen uses R-LEAF!

This episode Dan and Dr Apostolos Papadopoulos (Tolis) dive deep into science and innovations.

In this episode, you will learn:

Tolis’s professional background
Patented products Tolis’s has created
How Tolis has taken 100 year old technology and used it in todays technology
Why this technology is so important in today’s practices
Why Nitrous Oxide is an issue
How is Nitrous Oxide being produced
How much Nitrous Oxide is being sequestered
How much Nitrogen is being produced per month
Why producers aren’t interested in reducing their nitrogen applications
What Tolis is being compensated for carbon credit
The pros and cons of R-LEAF
How R-LEAF compares to other bacteria based products
What type of application method is used for R-LEAF
The impact Tolis’s product will make in urban areas
What Tolis is currently recommending for application rates
What the economic return on this practice and product is
The lifespan of one application of R-LEAF
Where R-LEAF is currently at in the lifecycle of getting to market
How much money has been raised currently for R-LEAF
Tolis’s words to producers who are skeptical

Connect with Tolis:

Website:https://cropintellect.co.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crop_intellect

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crop-Intellect-Ltd-196699347202607

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apostolos-papadopoulos-02843220/

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Facts sourced from The Alchemy of Air written by Thomas Hager