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Is it possible to use microbes to grow protein from air and electricity?
Is it possible to use microbes to grow protein from air and electricity?
Yes, absolutely, and we've been at it for well over half a century.
Solar Foods is a Finnish food-tech startup that is pilot ...
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Can Waterseer extract as much as 37 L per day from the air?
I can't give a complete answer.That would require original research and/or actually testing a unit for an extended period of time.
But some of the statements on that page aren't correct and weaken ...
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Feasibility of electric car production given current production levels of various elements and compounds
a goal of 20M/year production by 2030.
The chart is trying to use 2019 material production numbers as a surrogate for 2030 material production after a large increase in EV production. For this to be ...
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Does going vegan roughly save 600 gallons of water a day?
Short answer: No.
It's possible to save as much, but probably not average. It depends on what the vegan eats. However, it'd be fair to say an average vegan diet saves about 300-500 gallons of water ...
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Feasibility of electric car production given current production levels of various elements and compounds
Not sure what would be good evidence (along strict Skeptics SE lines) for the main (forecasting) question (since the data question is merely a prop). Perhaps that other forecasters came up with ...
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Do polyester-cotton blends have lower CO2 footprint than 100% cotton?
Yes, cotton-polyester blends have a lower CO2 footprint than 100% cotton.
According to "How Bad are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything" by Mike Berners-Lee (ISBN 9781846688911), ...
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Is animal agriculture the leading cause of species extinction?
No. According to Princeton University, Deforestation is the leading cause of species extinction.
Evidence to date suggests that deforestation is currently, and is
projected to continue to be, the ...
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Is it possible to use microbes to grow protein from air and electricity?
Yes, there is a known type of microbe that feeds on the byproducts of the electrolysis of water, and carbon dioxide, like Solar Foods describes, and Solar Foods is said to be using this kind of ...
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