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-square52fedilinkarrow-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-square52fedilink
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-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.
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…
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.