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• dumbfoundded 8y ago
  Yeah but then you're growing and refining a plant to avoid growing and refining a plant. The article said it needs to improve 100x. I'm not sure if that's reflective of today's or future prices as they continue to rapidly drop. It's certainly not impossible. I think it's just unlikely given the similarity between the tobacco and cannabis industries from a supply chain perspective.
  • jcims 8y ago
    Yes but at this point sugar is far more industrialized than cannabis. Sugar is ~$.15/lb wholesale (or less).
    • TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
      Which is meaningless unless we know how much sugar is required to produce a given dollar value of usable THC etc molecules. Additionally, cannabis tends to be extraordinarily easy to grow, and THC extraordinarily easy to extract. Cannabis already is grown at industrial scale, all that’s missing is a few large scale certified extraction facilities. Tasmanian Alkaloids, the worlds largest supplier of thebaine, may well be ready to scale up rapidly.[1] 1. https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5150473/tas-alks-considers-expansion-through-medicinal-cannabis-exports/ https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5150473/tas-alks-considers...
      • coldtea 8y ago
        >Which is meaningless unless we know how much sugar is required to produce a given dollar value of usable THC etc molecules. Which we can already guesstimate to be not that much.