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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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[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

completely agree with you, but until the whole world stops dumping it in the air (classic) carbon capture is worthless. I'm interested if this thing of making butter can be worth it, because you're not just removing CO2, you are also making something that would have required farming a cow, which is much more resource intensive.

I guess we'll need some studies done on the topic