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Coal Butter (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Around the 1930s and 1940s, Arthur Imhausen developed and implemented an industrial process in Germany for producing edible fats by oxidizing synthetic paraffin wax made from coal.

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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The process required at least 60 kilograms of coal per kilogram of synthetic butter.

Now we know what the US will do with those coal mines if they ever get replaced. Rev up those friers.

[–] PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some startups are already working on it lol.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Apparently so!