EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 4 months ago'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farmingwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link'Butter' made from CO2 could pave the way for food without farmingwww.newscientist.comEspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaresexy_peach@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoBut margarine already exists… Rapeseed oil makes great butter alternatives.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoThat’s still farming. This is literally a synthetic chemical reactor that takes in CO2 and probably hydrogen, and spits out food. It would push as another trophic level down, like happened with the agricultural revolution thousands of years ago.
But margarine already exists… Rapeseed oil makes great butter alternatives.
That’s still farming. This is literally a synthetic chemical reactor that takes in CO2 and probably hydrogen, and spits out food.
It would push as another trophic level down, like happened with the agricultural revolution thousands of years ago.