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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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To: Stosh
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.

Like the startup nuclear company Gates has invested in and the media touted months back?
41 posted on 07/19/2024 3:56:36 PM PDT by It Aint Easy
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To: nickcarraway

created a new type of butter made from air

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It is called Butt-Air


42 posted on 07/19/2024 4:01:43 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: nickcarraway

“FBG”


43 posted on 07/19/2024 4:01:48 PM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon ("Carthago Delenda Est")
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To: nickcarraway

Because margarine was so good for us and worked out so well for us.


44 posted on 07/19/2024 4:16:22 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: nickcarraway

““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 “”

Please give us the recipe, Bill so we can be sure to get the measurements right!!! Also to make sure we have the right measuring cups and spoons or do we have to buy new??


45 posted on 07/19/2024 4:17:06 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: blueunicorn6

Sounds like snake oil butter


46 posted on 07/19/2024 4:22:03 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: wally_bert
Sounds like something Mr. Haney on Green Acres would come up with.

LOL. Yep, the dude was a trip. Eddie Albert was the only one, with an ounce of common sense.

47 posted on 07/19/2024 4:23:53 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty
Where is the Archduke Ferdinand when you need him?

He got done in.

48 posted on 07/19/2024 4:26:34 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: nickcarraway

where do you get thin air? Mountaintops?


49 posted on 07/19/2024 4:27:22 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Mark17

A lot of the time I feel like Mr Douglas being a sane person surrounded by the insane and bizarre.


50 posted on 07/19/2024 4:28:36 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: blueunicorn6

There are times when Bill Gates seems to be made up from thin air.


51 posted on 07/19/2024 4:29:53 PM PDT by oldtech
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It’s marginalirine and he should eat 20 sticks of it on livestream just so I can laugh and laugh and laugh...


52 posted on 07/19/2024 4:32:44 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: All

And they can make Gold from Lead in a Particle Accelerator.

Too bad it costs way more that way than getting it from nature.

I bet Gates’ oleo costs much more to produce than real butter or even ‘real’ oleo.


53 posted on 07/19/2024 4:33:10 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: blueunicorn6
The best was Arnold Ziffel.

Didn’t Arnold get hostile, if anyone changed the TV channel?

54 posted on 07/19/2024 4:34:28 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: nickcarraway
Liberal In Private Jet Upset As He Looks Down And Sees All The Cows Causing Climate Change


55 posted on 07/19/2024 4:36:08 PM PDT by x
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To: wildcard_redneck

“It isn’t butter, it’s craptastic margarine “

They mimic the fats in butter, not margerine.


56 posted on 07/19/2024 4:38:27 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Rio

MILKING cows when I was a kid & the power went out was hard enough.....
I still cannot guess how hard it is to milk an almond.


57 posted on 07/19/2024 5:01:45 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: wally_bert
A lot of the time I feel like Mr Douglas being a sane person surrounded by the insane and bizarre.

Yes it was hilarious. They were good actors, cuz I saw interviews with Tom Lester and Alvy Moore, and they were quite sane and very articulate. 👍

58 posted on 07/19/2024 5:03:24 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: nickcarraway

Yes and the machine that makes the butter comes with invisible uniforms that must be worn to make the butter.


59 posted on 07/19/2024 5:05:59 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: ridesthemiles

I like this take on milking a cow.

About 1230 in.

https://youtu.be/ioLCAEMXgco?si=0WPnwXEITbnYM5Oe


60 posted on 07/19/2024 5:07:39 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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