https://www.celiac.com/articles.html/can-nasas-new-gluten-free-protein-powder-save-the-world-r5083/
A new protein powder, Solein, made out of nothing more than CO₂, water and electricity (well...uhhh...plus other stuff?). The result is a high-protein, flour-like product that contains 50 percent protein, 5–10 percent fat, and 20–25 percent carbohydrates. Based on a concept developed by NASA, the product has wide potential as a carbon-neutral source of protein. Best of all, it looks and tastes like regular flour, but is completely gluten-free.
[...]Solar Foods makes Solein by extracting CO₂ from air using carbon-capture technology, and then combines it with water, nutrients and vitamins, using 100 percent renewable solar energy from partner Fortum to drive a natural fermentation process similar to the one used to produce yeast and lactic acid bacteria.
The company claims its single-celled protein is "free from agricultural limitations." Solein's manufacturing process is carbon neutral and highly scalable. The company is set to make the ingredient available for a wide variety of food products following its launch in 2021.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 13 2020, @01:32AM (1 child)
If we reverse the polarity, does it add CO2 to the atmosphere? Flour in, CO2 out? We gotta get busy on the terraforming, so the alien invaders are comfortable when they arrive.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 13 2020, @11:24AM
that is easy, just burn the flour, it will burn well, produce energy and release CO2 and H20