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Bill Gates Backs Startup That Makes Butter From Thin Air
Greek Reporter ^ | July 19, 2024 | Nick Kampouris

Posted on 07/19/2024 2:55:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates recently backed a California-based startup called Savor that created a new type of butter made from air instead of cows.

The developers of this innovative creation claim that their unique product tastes just like real butter. They also claim it comes with a significantly lower carbon footprint which is fundamentally important for the battle against climate change.

One might wonder how anyone can make butter without milk. Savor claims its process involves using heat to combine carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and oxygen. By doing this, they say that they manage to create chains that mimic the fats of dairy products.

This unique thermochemical process makes the need for animal farming obsolete. Additionally, there is no need for fertilizers, hormones, or antibiotics normally used in the long process of butter production.

On its website, the California-based company writes:

Grecian Delight supports Greece “We start with a source of carbon, like carbon dioxide, and use a little bit of heat and hydrogen to form chains which are then blended with oxygen from the air to make the fats & oils we know, love and drool over.”

Gates and the environmental benefits of air butter So what is the point of having cows, you might ask, since we don’t need them anymore? Well, the company is not against cow farming. However, they believe that one of the main advantages of air butter is its potential to significantly reduce the environmental impact of dairy production that is not only associated with butter but also yoghurt, milk, cheese, and other products.

As we all know, livestock farming is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, the global reduction of meat and dairy consumption is crucial for environmental sustainability.

Savor’s butter reportedly has a carbon footprint of less than 0.8 grams of CO2 equivalent per kilogram, compared to 16.9 kilograms for traditional butter.

In a blog post that he posted earlier this year online, Bill Gates passionately advocated for this innovation. The co-founder of Microsoft put his emphasis on the environmental benefits of Savor’s air butter.

He noted that the fact that water usage can be significantly reduced along with the near nullification of greenhouse gas emissions is a great advancement. Publicly supporting a bold start-up, Gates wrote:

“The process doesn’t release any greenhouse gases, and it uses no farmland and less than a thousandth of the water that traditional agriculture does. And most important, it tastes really good—like the real thing, because chemically it is.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food
KEYWORDS: airbutter; billgates; butter; dairy; gatesofhell; hydrogenated; margarine; megalomaniac; vaccine; waronfood
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Is there anything Bill Gates won't do for the public?
1 posted on 07/19/2024 2:55:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Air butter is for airheads.


2 posted on 07/19/2024 2:58:24 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: nickcarraway

It isn’t butter, it’s craptastic margarine and anyone that thinks it is healthy is a fool. Bill Gates would never eat the junk he is trying to force us to eat. I hope he burns in hell.


3 posted on 07/19/2024 2:58:36 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Sounds like something Mr. Haney on Green Acres would come up with.


4 posted on 07/19/2024 2:59:31 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: nickcarraway

This gotten so creepy.

It is frightening to realize that there are so many stupid and gullible mentally ill people. It’s depressing.


5 posted on 07/19/2024 3:00:27 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: wildcard_redneck
Does it go well with the bugs?

6 posted on 07/19/2024 3:00:54 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: nickcarraway

We owe Bill a lot. Butter without the cow! Imagine.

No farts, no flavor and no calories.

Next: bread without flour.


7 posted on 07/19/2024 3:01:16 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rlush!)
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To: wally_bert

Lisa could put it on “hotscakes”.


8 posted on 07/19/2024 3:01:29 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Wait, highly processed food is good for us, right?


9 posted on 07/19/2024 3:02:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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10 posted on 07/19/2024 3:03:22 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: blueunicorn6

Those “hotscakes” would be even better head gasket material than the original shown in the episode about Oliver getting apples to the market in an antique truck.


11 posted on 07/19/2024 3:03:27 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Where is the Archduke Ferdinand when you need him?


12 posted on 07/19/2024 3:05:10 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty ( )
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Every time crack an egg into hot butter I am so conflicted about my carbon footprint.

I can’t explain the agony I suffer each time I fart or burp. And I like beans a lot.

Guilt is tearing me apart.


13 posted on 07/19/2024 3:05:48 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: nickcarraway
Just like when they lied about the dangers of butter and the healthy qualities of margarine.

Margarine is a death sentence for the body.

14 posted on 07/19/2024 3:05:51 PM PDT by politicket
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To: wally_bert

It was a great show with a lot of great running gags.


15 posted on 07/19/2024 3:06:27 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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Grecian Delight supports Greece “We start with a source of carbon, like carbon dioxide, and use a little bit of heat and hydrogen to form chains which are then blended with oxygen from the air to make the fats & oils we know, love and drool over.”

I, for one, will not be drooling over fats and oils mixed with heat and hydrogen. Sounds like factory food. Nope.

16 posted on 07/19/2024 3:06:30 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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Stolen Nazi technology. They aimed to make diesel fuel and ended up with sandwich spread.


17 posted on 07/19/2024 3:07:01 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: nickcarraway

Conversion of CO2 to saturated carbon chains is a highly endothermic (energy-using) process - we know this because the reverse (burning anything with carbon chains, including butter) gives off gobs of heat - exothermic to such an extent that it’s our main source of useful energy.

That’s why we mostly let plants turn CO2 into useful organic compounds, and then let animal turn those plants into stuff we can convert to butter.

So unless these folks have found a cheap, readily-available, environmentally-friendly source of unused energy, I’m not real sure why they’re so excited.


18 posted on 07/19/2024 3:07:29 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: nickcarraway
The Nazis made butter from coal. Nazi Coal Butter
 



19 posted on 07/19/2024 3:07:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: blueunicorn6

The writing and sight gags still hold up.


20 posted on 07/19/2024 3:08:14 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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