TIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste. - eviltoast
  • chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    That “waste product” isn’t just thrown away.

    They’re still hydrocarbons. Which are used in other places or burned for fuel… Which isn’t actually all that great for the environment…

    Actually, tossing the waste product in a pit might be better, environmentally speaking.