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Mechasteel t1_itiuvqg wrote

>Fermentation is a process that uses microbes, to break down ... carbon monoxide or methane to be used to produce complex food like protein.
>it needs no plant or animal matter

Looks like now we can turn fossil fuels into food. This will probably be useful for an offworld colony.

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greenrushcda t1_itjkoda wrote

There's a company in Canada, I think called Pond Biotech, that channels emissions from thermal power plants and cement plants into giant water tanks to grow algae. There are LED lights in the tanks. Algae can be used to make biofuel or animal feed.

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Redqueenhypo t1_itjy5wm wrote

And oxygen! Algae produces that too, as a green plant!

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Green__lightning t1_itmjabe wrote

Well, fossil fuels wouldn't, but methane, yes as it can come from other sources. Titan has lakes of the stuff.

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