ZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]

i can’t wait to start writing grants actually! it seems like it would be a nice break from the overwhelming amount of technical writing. im a sucker for academia and im happy i signed myself up for another 5 years of it

we don’t have infinite coal tho

according to the article, the use of this protein production is as animal feed. i used feedstock in the sense that methanol is a biochemical feedstock— “food” for bacteria.

the problem i have w that is the methanol synthesized can be used in further synthesis, rather than as feedstock. we have enough agriculture to feed the world, there’s just a distribution problem. this coal to methanol to protein process will just go to feeding livestock, sustaining industrial torture/murder and increasing pollution. methanol could be used in other processes (as solvent or reagent) that have better value. plants make protein from solar energy, we don’t need to waste carbon that’s already been fixed to make more protein just to create more cattle to torture and eat

good points, thanks for the interesting articles and insight!

that’s dope, but proteins are crazy complicated compared to carbohydrates

just another, more convoluted way to turn coal into CO2. wake me up when they can turn CO2 into protein

it would be a net positive for the fediverse if beehaw left

mothman bc he looks cool and one of the west virginia ones has to be real since they have so many

lol its this shit every time libs see a legitimate left stance. im assuming you’ve seen the sh.itjust.works defed post. its like 5 super vocal users having a conniption fit that there are communists on the internet