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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2024
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just science related topics. please contribute
note: clickbait sources/headlines aren't liked generally. I've posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry
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my guess is that something else will be able to unzip it and use it as an energy source
yep in the linked article it is mentioned that product is ethylene glycol
That's really interesting. Other than the common usage as antifreeze in your car and for airplane de-icing ethylene glycol is a precursor for plastics used in soda bottles. Left on it's own ethylene glycol breaks down into CO2 eventually.
Wikipedia article about ethylene glycol including uses
Stack Overflow answer containing the ethylene glycol decomposition process
It’s also a molecule that can be used in the process to make any number of other products, including vanilla flavoring, per the article
Well we don't need more of that... Shit.