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Consumable Protein has been created with Electricity and Air
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:22 pm
No, it's not a joke. Scientists have invented a way to create single cell protein from carbon dioxide and electricity.
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TAKE one serve of carbon dioxide. Apply high voltage. Wait a few weeks ... and enjoy a meal of single-cell protein. It may not be a culinary delight, but it could feed our future.
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But it may soon be reducing the strain on our crops by providing an alternative source of fodder for animal feeds.
Ultimately, protein ‘reactors’ have the potential to create the building blocks of meals aboard long-duration space flights and as a rapid-response counters to famine.
“In the long term, protein created with electricity is meant to be used in cooking and products as it is,” says Juha-Pekka Pitkänen, principal scientist at VTT. “The mixture is very nutritious, with more than 50 per cent protein and 25 per cent carbohydrates. The rest is fats and nucleic acids.”
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Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:25 pm to MButterfly
How long would I have to wait in the drive thru at Popeyes for that?
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:25 pm to MButterfly
sounds like a good lead on how the original life forms were created on earth....
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:27 pm to MButterfly
So what? I can create protein with nothing more than my hand and a little imagination.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:27 pm to SoFla Tideroller
We took one more step toward a Star Trek life style ...food replicators
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:28 pm to MButterfly
But but but....human overpopulation....
This post was edited on 7/30/17 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:30 pm to MButterfly
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:31 pm to MButterfly
you're an idiot 
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:31 pm to MButterfly
And I'm sure it's extremely cost prohibitive, so I can't wait to hear about the next big discovery that'll save the world next week
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:32 pm to Spankum
Except they are using microbes to do it.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:33 pm to MButterfly
Well maybe this will help the 2100 people that die everyday day due to starvation or starvation illnesses but probably not :/
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:36 pm to MButterfly
Sounds like this was a byproduct of abiogenesis research.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:37 pm to MButterfly
cool, I still want steak
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:39 pm to LSUSoulja08
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you're an idiot
Are you saying they didn't create it?
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:42 pm to Junky
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cool, I still want steak
They aren't planning on feeding anyone with it.
It's to have an alternative to grains to feed animals with.
So there are more grains for people.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:46 pm to OneMoreTime
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And I'm sure it's extremely cost prohibitive, so I can't wait to hear about the next big discovery that'll save the world next week
Most technology is initially. I'm curious what voltage is required to run this and what the shelf life of the product is.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:48 pm to Bmath
May be high voltage but low amps and therefore not need that much electricity.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:54 pm to Volvagia
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They aren't planning on feeding anyone with it.
Yes they are. They will start with animals but will be used for human consumption.
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Comments under this article are interesting.
Posted on 7/30/17 at 10:56 pm to MButterfly
So the Matrix wasn't that far off???
Posted on 7/30/17 at 11:00 pm to Bmath
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And I'm sure it's extremely cost prohibitive, so I can't wait to hear about the next big discovery that'll save the world next week
Most technology is initially. I'm curious what voltage is required to run this and what the shelf life of the product is.
IF it's solar, then the price is going to be cheap. However, a coffee cup size reactor only producing a spoon full in 2 weeks isn't going to work.
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