[Terrapreta] Marketing comment for TP. (was volatile matter and char)

Jim Joyner jimstoy at dtccom.net
Mon Dec 24 15:17:39 CST 2007


Gerald Van Koeverden wrote:
> To be fair, you should be comparing the wholesale price of the 
> soil-less mix ($700) to the wholesale price of charcoal - $200/ton. 
>  No?  This makes it a lot more interesting...and feasible.
Gerrit,

Where to you get or calculate charcoal for $200 a ton? The best I've 
seen is $700/ton and that is FOB Arizona. I may be able to make it 
cheaper than that myself but if I put any value on my own labor, it will 
coat a lot more than $200/ton.

Thanks,

Jim



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