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I can't decide if this sounds more like a startup idea or a proposal from the coal lobby.

No it couldn't have been, from wikipedia:

> The process required at least 60 kilograms of coal per kilogram of synthetic butter.[23] That industrial process was discontinued after WWII due to its inefficiency.

I was never a fan of margarine, but the more I learn tidbits like this the more I think it strange.