Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Germany created synthetic butter from coal during WW2. It was described as nutritious and of agreeable taste.en.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHoly shit, one kilo of butter from 60kg of coal?! That’s some pretty spenny butter for “agreeable taste”
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago“The Germans preferred Ersatz.” (Or at least that’s how I remember that quote from Catch-22 when I read it 25 years ago…)
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEspecially when they had problems getting the coal they could mine, where it needed to be used.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey used something else instead…
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI can’t believe it’s not coal!
minus-squarereksas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoi wonder how much emissions turning coal to butter creates. Maybe we should turn world’s coal to butter so planetkillhappy bastards cant burn it.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGiven it seems to generate 59kg of waste product, I don’t think it is going to be that great for the environment
minus-squareeleitl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou might be surprised what the material and energetic footprint of dairy is.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou don’t have to waste the other hydrocarbons when you crack something. You just use em for something else or burn them for power. Though the flare towers in refineries prove me wrong to a degree.
Holy shit, one kilo of butter from 60kg of coal?!
That’s some pretty spenny butter for “agreeable taste”
“The Germans preferred Ersatz.”
(Or at least that’s how I remember that quote from Catch-22 when I read it 25 years ago…)
Especially when they had problems getting the coal they could mine, where it needed to be used.
They used something else instead…
Butter
I can’t believe it’s not coal!
i wonder how much emissions turning coal to butter creates. Maybe we should turn world’s coal to butter so planetkillhappy bastards cant burn it.
Given it seems to generate 59kg of waste product, I don’t think it is going to be that great for the environment
Unless the waste product is cheese…
You might be surprised what the material and energetic footprint of dairy is.
You don’t have to waste the other hydrocarbons when you crack something. You just use em for something else or burn them for power. Though the flare towers in refineries prove me wrong to a degree.