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16.12.2018

Scientists from Finland have learned how to create food from the air and in 2021 they plan to begin construction of a plant for the production of "air food". The project is being carried out by a team from LTU-University in Finland. They have already conducted experiments that have been successful.

Scientists noted that they only came up with technology, the very idea was born back in the 1960s, at the dawn of the space age. Then Soviet and American scientists wanted to provide food for people in orbit or making long space flights. At that time, this option was not very effective and extremely expensive.

All the elements necessary to create food, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, are in the air, Finnish experts say. The task actually comes down to correctly grouping the atoms. All it takes is electricity to break the water molecules into their constituent parts, and a few bacteria that begin to multiply, feeding on the products of this reaction.

In the future, the proposed technology can help solve the problem of hunger in developing countries, because it does not depend on climate or soil type and allows food to be produced in any conditions - even in the desert or in the Far North.

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