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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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[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago

Until we reach mass deployment of electrolyzers, all of this hydrogen will be coming from natural gas. Would be interesting to do a life cycle analysis and see what percentage of the CO2 emissions associated with producing the hydrogen end up incorporated into the product.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Finally, after years of research and experiments, the Savor team settled on a method that combines carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen from water to make butter (synthetic fat) in the lab.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

where do they get the electricity for it? I'm not saying it's not feasible, but they better have a solar farm nearby

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