• Fondots@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    21 days ago

    NileRed on YouTube has done a few interesting things like turning plastic gloves into hot sauce through different chemical processes.

    It’s more of a fun science demonstration than anything meant to be even remotely practical to create food from waste, and there are some pretty nasty chemicals involved in some of them that really have no business being anywhere near food

    But it does I think drive home the point that everything is basically made out of the same stuff and it’s a matter of figuring out how to break it down and put it back together in the right way to be useful.

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      21 days ago

      The alchemists were right, they just focused on the wrong area of the periodic table. We can’t turn lead into gold, but we can turn plastic into mouthwatering hamburgers!

      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        21 days ago

        You can turn lead into gold; it was something that was demonstrated in my HS science class. It’s just that the chemical used to make the change is far more valuable than the gold you get out of the process.