The Importance of Nitrogen

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This is something I posted at Othertimelines.com a few weeks ago. An Interesting Topic and Im working on a ATL based on its POD

I have been scanning my Copy of The Guns of August again...
In it i read a small section which mentioned that the Germans had 2 Months worth of Ammunition and readied Gunpowder. After that they had a mere 3 months supply of the proper Nitrogen compounds to make more. The Germans were able to quickly develop a way of "Nitrogen Fixing" which was able to retrive the Nitrogen found in Soil and in the Air. What if they hadn't been able to develop it? Had they been unable to develop the process the German Military would have begun to run out of ammunition in January 1915. What would the treaty ending the war in 1915 have been like? This Nitrogen Fixing led to the development of Furtalizers. Had it not occured Food Production World wide would never have become so High. What other major changes will this have caused?