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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40670066
"University of Alberta is researching how to utilize coal to feed livestock. However, the animals wouldn’t technically be eating coal, instead the research team collects methanol from the coal being burned and then mixes it and dries it with bacteria protein.
“We can produce a higher quality product without having to make those trade-offs, while helping the environment,” said Mark Lawley, researcher at Cvictus Fermentation Group.
Lawley says it’s perfect for a carbon capture site, seeing it as a greener alternative."
University story about it here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2025/03/alberta-researchers-aim-to-revolutionize-animal-feed.html
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This citynews article is poorly written, you should keep just the university release because it explains properly what happened, why, and the benefits of the method.
“We can produce a higher quality product without having to make those trade-offs, while helping the environment,” said Mark Lawley, researcher at Cvictus Fermentation Group.
Who paid for this research? The cattle association?
Helping the environment means ending the livestock industry and moving to a varied plant-based diet.
Stop our mono crops, and never mind wasting money trying to feed cattle “dried methanol mixed with bacteria protein” as if that’s going to change anything other than make a cruel industry even more so.
Making food out of thin air sounds unreal. Someone out there is designing mobile carbon capture devices for cows, I’m sure of it.
Plants come close, using nitrogen to make protein, and CO2 for carbohydrates.
