Sjmarf to Today I [email protected]English • 1 month agoTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square86arrow-up1435arrow-down12
arrow-up1433arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgSjmarf to Today I [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square86
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 month agoGiven it seems to generate 59kg of waste product, I don’t think it is going to be that great for the environment
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoIt would probably be some synthetic American government cheese-like product. Which I’m sure if the Germans had come up with it and not the Americans would also be described as being nutritious
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThat “waste product” isn’t just thrown away. They’re still hydrocarbons. Which are used in other places or burned for fuel… Which isn’t actually all that great for the environment… Actually, tossing the waste product in a pit might be better, environmentally speaking.
Given it seems to generate 59kg of waste product, I don’t think it is going to be that great for the environment
Unless the waste product is cheese…
It would probably be some synthetic American government cheese-like product.
Which I’m sure if the Germans had come up with it and not the Americans would also be described as being nutritious
That “waste product” isn’t just thrown away.
They’re still hydrocarbons. Which are used in other places or burned for fuel… Which isn’t actually all that great for the environment…
Actually, tossing the waste product in a pit might be better, environmentally speaking.