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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Tom,<br>
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Interesting way to combine grass compost, charcoal, heat and
gasification. If there is a market and I guess there is - I'll
have to consider this (less the shyster stuff) ! !<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jeff<br>
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On 12/02/2013 10:24 PM, Tom Miles wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:000601ceefd7$39ef3c30$adcdb490$@trmiles.com"
type="cite">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeff,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Nothing
is that sensible. With retail garden products, and especially
on eBay, weight and value go out the window. It’s whatever the
customer (sucker?) will pay for a package. Garden products are
usually sold by volume, not weight. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Take
the 5 gallon bucket of biochar that weighs 17 lbs. The blend
is 25 lb/ft3 (17 lb/0.67 ft3). If the biochar is about 8
lb/ft3 and the additive, say compost, is 42 lb/ft3 then that’s
a ~50:50 blend by weight. Is it worth $56? Sip the KoolAid and
pay the $56 to support your biochar curiosity. There are some
very good biochar-compost blends that sell for far less. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
like the Biochar “charflakes” at $129/5 gal or $65/2 gal.
$192/ft3 (>$5,000 CY) or $240/ft3? (That 5 gal plastic
bucket must be worth more than $2 that I pay.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll
take the 40lb bag for $33 ($0.83/lb). That must be a misprint.
The same supplier wants $1.80/lb for 10 lb and 2.60/lb for 5
lb. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We
don’t really know what portion or how much of a market these
retail garden products represent but several sharp marketers
are taking advantage of it. If you are willing to do the
packaging and sales and get a lot more than $1/ft3 then you
are at the head of the class. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">At
least eBay makes it easy to find these things on the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tom</span></p>
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