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If you're going to pull hydrocarbons out of air, isn't it more useful to make fuel for engines / heating? Genuine question, as I'm not very familiar with this t
by wheybags 2y ago
If you're going to pull hydrocarbons out of air, isn't it more useful to make fuel for engines / heating? Genuine question, as I'm not very familiar with this tech.
- guerrilla 2y agoYeah, or at least sugar? Why fat? That's strange.
- geor9e 2y agoSo how it works is they have specially bred or engineered microorganisms (usually bacteria, yeast, or algae) in fermentation vats. There's been a lot of these startups, going back 10-20 years at least. They can get sugars, proteins, alcohols, oils, or even hormones like insulin, depending on the gene expression. Many have been focused on biofuels for engines and heating. This startup is hydrogenating the oil into margarine. Technically they pull carbon from the air, and hydrogen can be sourced either from water or fossil fuels. It takes a lot of energy to make that into hydrocarbons.