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Bill Gates-backed startup makes ‘butter’ out of water and carbon dioxide (www.zmescience.com)

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A California-based startup called Savor has figured out a unique way to make a butter alternative that doesn’t involve livestock, plants, or even displacing land. Their butter is produced from synthetic fat made using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and the best part is —- it tastes just like regular butter.

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[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

this is a good https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01241-2 article on different ways this can be done

i learned the nazis made butter from coal!