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There are many types of dairy alternatives on the market today, often made from things like nuts and soybeans.

But have you heard they're now making butter from air?

A US startup called Savor is working on a range of dairy alternatives made using something that exists all around us: carbon.

Fats are made from chains of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Savor's process involves taking carbon — from, say, carbon dioxide — and adding heat and hydrogen to create chains that are combined with oxygen from air.

This results in fat molecules, like the ones found in dairy and other animal products.

Now, regular butter is about 80% fat — the rest is mostly water. So to make butter from its synthetic fat, Savor just adds water, as well as an emulsifier that keeps the liquids from separating, and rosemary oil for flavor and beta carotene for color.

What does it taste like?

"I couldn't believe I wasn't eating real butter," Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wrote in a blog post earlier this year. Gates is one of Savor's investors.

He wrote that "it tastes really good — like the real thing, because chemically it is."

Savor has already run informal taste tests with small groups of people, and is working to get regulatory approval for its product in the US.

But why butter?

A 2021 study estimated that food production makes up about 35% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions — and Savor estimates that about 7% of greenhouse gas emissions are just from producing fat.

But Savor's process, Gates wrote, doesn't release any greenhouse gases. He added that it uses no farmland and "less than a thousandth of the water that traditional agriculture does."

Savor is focusing on butter to start with partly because its high price point makes it easier to compete on cost. But the startup later hopes to develop other products like milk, ice cream, cheese — even meat.





Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

US Startup Makes Butter from Carbon Dioxide

朋友们你们好！今天的零食是一个小故事，叫做 “在天上”。
在天上，我们经常能看到太阳，云朵。那在这个小故事里面，会不会也有呢？ 我们一起边吃边学吧！

作者：秦志宁

天，蓝蓝的；太阳，红红的。
风来了，云跑啊跑。
跑到太阳前面。太阳不见了。
云哭了，雨来了。
风走了，云走了，雨不见了。
蓝蓝的天开心了。红红的太阳笑了。

读完这个故事后，我心情很好。希望你们也跟我一样！

词语：

太阳 [tài yang] sun
云朵 [yún duǒ] a cloud
前面 [qián miàn] ahead; in front
不见了 [bú jiàn le] to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found
哭 [kū] to cry; to weep
走 [zǒu] to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away
雨 [yǔ] rain
开心 [kāi xīn] to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time
笑 [xiào] laugh; smile
希望 [xī wàng]to wish for; to desire; hope 


解馋小零食

2022年12月26号 - 在天上  (Elementary)

Coming to China and one of the inevitable topics that will come up is ‘Where in the world are you from?’. Saying ‘I’m from…’ is the first step but do you know the most natural way to say that? And how do you talk more about it in Chinese to your friends? That’s what we are discussing in this episode. We also covered 2 great structures to boost your conversation. Let’s go!

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Hometown! Tell me more about it...in Chinese!

秋（あき）のスイーツビュッフェに行（い）ってきた

先日（せんじつ）、友達（ともだち）とホテルビュッフェに行ってきた。その名（な）も「いもくりなんきん」ビュッフェ！
秋の味覚（みかく）である「芋（いも）・栗（くり）・南瓜（なんきん）」のスイーツを楽（たの）しめる食（た）べ放題（ほうだい）だ。今（いま）までホテルのビュッフェには何度（なんど）か行ったことがあったが、「いもくりなんきん」ビュッフェには行ったことがなかった。なぜなら私（わたし）は「いもくりなんきん」はそこまで好物（こうぶつ）ではなかったからだ。でも今回（こんかい）友達に誘（さそ）われて行ってみると、びっくり！「芋・栗・南瓜」たちは美（うつく）しく、美味（おい）しいスイーツに姿（すがた）を変（か）え、私たちの目（め）も舌（した）も魅了（みりょう）した。

izm's room

秋のスイーツビュッフェに行ってきた１【全２話】

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about different ways of meeting a romantic partner, including arranged dates by parents, dating apps and websites and more organic encounters.

Arranged dates, right swipes, random encounters: there is always one that works for you

"If you want to survive in any position, you have to act like a fool in many situations
because if people think you are too sharp, they will bring you down very fast."