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by krzat 42 days ago
Coal margarine, this protein powder and some vitamins, I wonder how long human could survive on such "diet".
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Our cats and dogs live on such a diet (until you learn what the supermarket cat/dogfood really is and take them off it). Vets have been saying about all those health problems resulting from that diet.
60kg of coal per 1kg of butter. You need about 3kg of meal for 1kg of chicken. 1.7kf of feed per 1kg of edible crickets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_proces...

I believe that they made the "butter" out of the leftovers (paraffin) from making liquid fuel out of the coal. So, its not a straight 60:1 ratio, you'd need to add some more products to the equation.
I just think it's pretty amazing.