Solein – Protein out of thin air
Most vegetation is made out of air and water. Mostly air. C, O, and N come from air. H comes from water, and some of that comes from water in air. The inputs from dirt are under 5% of plant mass. They have to be, or farms would dig holes in the ground.<p>Feynman talk on this.[1]<p>So, with that out of the way, what does this company actually have?<p>* They have a cool web site with no useful info.<p>* They have another web site with useful info.[2]<p>* You can't even order samples of the product.<p>* They have a useful Wikipedia article.[3]<p>* It's a fermentation process, so it takes heat and water, not just air.<p>* They've been around since at least 2019 and have burned through about $20 million in funding.<p>* None of their PR discusses cost of the product.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/09/25/161753383/trees-come-from-out-of-the-air-says-nobel-laureate-richard-feynman-really" rel="nofollow">https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/09/25/161753383/t...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://solarfoods.com/" rel="nofollow">https://solarfoods.com/</a><p>[3] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Foods" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Foods</a>