2026-09-19 22:48 UTC
@Nickiquote@mstdn.social Yes, if you’re an idiot chemist with no common sense, you can turn hydrocarbons into carbohydrates and proteins. Except doing that uses a fuckton of energy and intermediates more than say, growing some shrimp.
tl;dr It’s amazing what you can do when you have free energy and externalise all your wastes.
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@davep@infosec.exchange 2026-09-19 22:55
@BashStKid@mastodon.online @Nickiquote@mstdn.social There are some genuinely useful and efficient such processes, but I don't think that's one. This may be https://www.solein.com/ I guess turning plastic into other, less shit, molecules is a laudable goal in itself though.