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minus-square@Ronin_5link10•edit-24 months agoThe catch is that you’re eating coal yoghurt. The coal is used as feed to grow the culture, similar to how milk is used to grow bacteria in normal yoghurt. Edit: methanol derived from coal or any other source would be used to feed the culture
minus-squarevoight [he/him, any]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoWell it’s bacteria growing in a pool of diluted methanol sourced from coal just wondering about other materials needed & contaminants depending on the type of coal
minus-square@Ronin_5link8•4 months agoI’m assuming it would be purified first. But there are tech available that allows for photosynthesis of methanol from CO2. So, it’s not just coal. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540378/
minus-squareCarmineCatboy [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months ago The catch is that you’re eating coal yoghurt. ok but what is the catch
The catch is that you’re eating coal yoghurt.
The coal is used as feed to grow the culture, similar to how milk is used to grow bacteria in normal yoghurt.
Edit: methanol derived from coal or any other source would be used to feed the culture
Well it’s bacteria growing in a pool of diluted methanol sourced from coal just wondering about other materials needed & contaminants depending on the type of coal
I’m assuming it would be purified first.
But there are tech available that allows for photosynthesis of methanol from CO2. So, it’s not just coal.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540378/
Sounds way better than bugs.
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ok but what is the catch