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I still don't see how it's in the agri-biz's benefit to drive down the price of their own product. It's like Nike selling Chinese made sneakers for less because they make a bunch more shoes for less now. It's like Aquafina selling bottles of filtered tap water for less because the drought is over.
It's like... business... and anyone with any sense will know that the price will not drop to an unreasonable level. It is all about Fair Market Value, what the consumer expects to pay for a product, that will modulate prices more than an increase in supply.
***Off topic***
I find it surprising that no one pins the current recession on fuel costs. Gas went up to like $5 per gallon. Food got more expensive. Hell, all of life got more expensive. Families didn't budget right, couldn't pay mortgages because they were spending 100% more at the pump on their Surburbans, and BAM! Recession shows up not more than 6 months after gas prices hit ridiculous levels. We all do realize this was Bush and his oil buddies getting outrageously wealthy at the very end of his second term. He bombs the shit out of the middle east for control of the oil, and once they have it, they gouged us into a world wide recession. Fucking douchebags extreme.
I mean, 20,000 plants just got nabbed in the hills between San Jose and Oakland (livermore), 80 million in pot plants (not to mention all the work that goes in to setting up a garden of that size) it was a HUGE operation and it's not the only one CURRENTLY operating. There are already serious suppliers of marijuana just in California, much less what is right across the border.
After power and rent and nutrients I still produce my buds for less than $3 per gram. Unless they start selling $100 ounces of fire then any business savvy grower will still be able to compete. Especially if they can produce at $2 per gram. I can't seem to find a way for these huge agri-biz corps to produce buds for less than $1 on the gram. Especially when I consider licensing, taxing, employee costs, insurance and lawyer costs, and then overhead. Consider an outdoor crop in California could easily be lost due to poor weather or pests. Massive indoor grows could also be subject to pests and disease as well as an increase in energy costs.
All the mom and pop need to do is produce meds at no more than $2 per gram and sell for $4 on the gram. That's a $120 per ounce cost to make a 100% profit on the investment. For the home grower just looking to offset their own costs though, this proposition is a no-brainer.
It's like... business... and anyone with any sense will know that the price will not drop to an unreasonable level. It is all about Fair Market Value, what the consumer expects to pay for a product, that will modulate prices more than an increase in supply.
***Off topic***
I find it surprising that no one pins the current recession on fuel costs. Gas went up to like $5 per gallon. Food got more expensive. Hell, all of life got more expensive. Families didn't budget right, couldn't pay mortgages because they were spending 100% more at the pump on their Surburbans, and BAM! Recession shows up not more than 6 months after gas prices hit ridiculous levels. We all do realize this was Bush and his oil buddies getting outrageously wealthy at the very end of his second term. He bombs the shit out of the middle east for control of the oil, and once they have it, they gouged us into a world wide recession. Fucking douchebags extreme.
I mean, 20,000 plants just got nabbed in the hills between San Jose and Oakland (livermore), 80 million in pot plants (not to mention all the work that goes in to setting up a garden of that size) it was a HUGE operation and it's not the only one CURRENTLY operating. There are already serious suppliers of marijuana just in California, much less what is right across the border.
After power and rent and nutrients I still produce my buds for less than $3 per gram. Unless they start selling $100 ounces of fire then any business savvy grower will still be able to compete. Especially if they can produce at $2 per gram. I can't seem to find a way for these huge agri-biz corps to produce buds for less than $1 on the gram. Especially when I consider licensing, taxing, employee costs, insurance and lawyer costs, and then overhead. Consider an outdoor crop in California could easily be lost due to poor weather or pests. Massive indoor grows could also be subject to pests and disease as well as an increase in energy costs.
All the mom and pop need to do is produce meds at no more than $2 per gram and sell for $4 on the gram. That's a $120 per ounce cost to make a 100% profit on the investment. For the home grower just looking to offset their own costs though, this proposition is a no-brainer.