New project Outline - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T08:43:30Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/new-project-outline?groupUrl=northwestaquaponics&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A517331&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGood afternoon Rick,
> . .…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-15:4778851:Comment:5173312013-09-15T21:41:34.337ZLloyd Boothhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LloydBooth
<p>Good afternoon Rick,</p>
<p>> . . I like what you are doing and what you are trying to do -- that is reuse or recycle what would be considered waste into useful and profitable products or supplies for others to use.</p>
<p>> . . I suspect that many professors are thinking with the BIG business sides of their brains and not the artisan side. Theoretically I think that if pushed they would say that they can't think of wasting anything as GOOD.</p>
<p>> . . But, from a BIG BUSINESS…</p>
<p>Good afternoon Rick,</p>
<p>> . . I like what you are doing and what you are trying to do -- that is reuse or recycle what would be considered waste into useful and profitable products or supplies for others to use.</p>
<p>> . . I suspect that many professors are thinking with the BIG business sides of their brains and not the artisan side. Theoretically I think that if pushed they would say that they can't think of wasting anything as GOOD.</p>
<p>> . . But, from a BIG BUSINESS side, there's no reason for a commercial concern to buy from or use an intermittent very small supplier. For example, suppose you were to propose that a major soda bottler [Pepsi, Coke, Shasta] with a local plant buy the excess CO2 from you? They would not consider it because they are configured to use industrial sized tanks of CO2, think in the multi-ton tanks of compressed liquefied CO2. The reason they use the those huge tanks is that it costs to hook up new tanks, lots of safety issues with pressurized tanks, etc. So then, the fewer changes of tanks the more money is saved to the bottler.</p>
<p>> . . Now, a craft maker of soda would eagerly take the tanks you would produce and swap you an empty tank. Ditto any other other intermittent user of CO2. Do bars use CO2 to pump liquids to the glass? Or, you could plan to use fruit pulp, or similar to make your alcohol; if you were to reuse some of the product to make a fruit based soda of artisan quality, with limited availability; you would use some or most of your excess CO2 while diversifying your product line. Or say, Farmer John offers you a container of raspberry pulp at a good price when you buy his apple pulp, and you divert it to a soda line made from fruit, not fruit flavoring? Apple, too, could work. Etc. The point is to use up your own CO2 while diversifying your product line, not to go national with a new product.</p>
<p>> . . Just some random thoughts in answer to your excellent ideas.</p>
<p></p> This looks excellent Rick! Go…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-15:4778851:Comment:5173172013-09-15T18:30:46.742ZAnne Philliphttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AnnePhillip
<p>This looks excellent Rick! Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>This looks excellent Rick! Good luck with everything!</p> Rick,
Just love your creativi…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-15:4778851:Comment:5173142013-09-15T18:21:12.800ZLinda Loganhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/LindaLogan
<p>Rick,</p>
<p>Just love your creativity and hope you are thriving.</p>
<p>Rick,</p>
<p>Just love your creativity and hope you are thriving.</p>