They manage to make edible meat with carbon dioxide to combat global warming

The global warming it is already causing droughts, storms and torrential rains. One of the most important industries on the planet, and in turn, one of the most polluting, is the production of meat for human consumption.

According to the Humboldt Institute, cattle ranching in Colombia presents two problems: it has a high environmental impact and a low production level. However, it also represents more than 3.6% of the total national GDP.

Physicist Lisa Dyson and material scientist John Reed discovered that 386 tons of meat are consumed annually and it is expected that by 2050 there will be 10 billion people on earth.

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In addition, they found a NASA investigation from 1967 on how to produce food for astronauts based on little raw material. The plan was to combine microbes with carbon dioxide to make proteins.

Starting in 2019, Dyson and Creek decided to create Air Protein, which produces meat from carbon dioxide gas emissions, the same one that in excessive amounts generates the greenhouse gases that have largely caused global warming.

In order to make the meat, a process similar to that used to create yogurt is used. Hydrogen trophic microbes are grown in tanks which are then fed with carbon dioxide, oxygen, minerals, water and nitrogen. With the resulting dough, a flour rich in protein can be produced, which can then be made into different textures to resemble chicken, beef or fish.

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According to the company’s reports, this type of food production does not require the extensive amount of land that livestock requires, since tubes are used to collect carbon dioxide in the air. The process requires 1.5 million less space to be able to do, in addition, reduce by about 15 thousand times less the water used for meat production.

They already have about 30 million dollars, that is, 127 billion Colombian pesos, among the investors who have seen the future of the project. Finally, it is likely that feeding on animal meat replacements will become increasingly cheaper if these types of projects continue to be the focus of investment and research.

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Source: Elcomercio

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