Open in app Get started Jo Lis Follow Aug 6 · 5 min read · Listen SaveThe Spoils of Oils (a cautionary tale)In 1981 a species of microbe found on a salt lake bed in Canada showed us how to efficiently and cleanly produce various types of oil, including crude oil and cooking oil.Yes, you got that right. You can ‘grow’ different oils using bacterial cultures by simply feeding them appropriately. That sounds high tech, but it’s actually ancient technology.The materials we suck out of the earth a...