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I don’t see how doing something like this increases the global demand for whiskey/hard liquor. Also if one distillery can do it, so can others which is also an

I don’t see how doing something like this increases the global demand for whiskey/hard liquor. Also if one distillery can do it, so can others which is also an overall win.

roflc0ptic 5y ago
It doesn't necessarily change the demand, but it changes the supply curve by making it cheaper per unit to produce whiskey. Previously, you could sell whiskey, and the waste was garbage. Under this hypothetical scheme, now you could make money on the waste, too, reducing the price of production.
- VBprogrammer 5y ago
  Would this be an example of the Jevons paradox? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
  - roflc0ptic 5y ago
    I can't really tell. Certainly jevon's paradox adjacent.
- ohyeshedid 5y ago
  Reminds me of Kingsford Charcoal.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)
- IgorPartola 5y ago
  You are assuming that having more supply will mean they need to immediately lower their prices. Glenfiddich is a premium brand. Have you once seen Apple lower prices on their MacBooks because they had too many in stock?
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ysavir 5y ago
It doesn't increase the demand. What it means is that if Glenfiddich needs more fuel to meet its own fuel demand, it will have to do so by creating more whiskey, even without demand for the additional whisky.
- IgorPartola 5y ago
  Or they could just buy fuel like everyone else. If their biogas is cheaper than fossil fuels they can buy then they’ve stumbled onto something much bigger than whiskey.
  - stephen_g 5y ago
    Yes, I expect the only reason it would be cheaper is because it's waste stream that they would otherwise discard. So yeah, it wouldn't make any sense for them to produce more whisky just to produce more fuel - they would want to use as much fuel derived from waste as they can and purchase any deficit or sell any surplus...
hellbannedguy 5y ago
This stunt just got them a huge amount of free advertising. I haven't thought about Glenfidfish since my Playboy days. (I took a class on advertising in college. In one assignment, we were told to pick out the sexual imagery in magazine ads. Glenfiddish seemed to have a lot.)

I don’t see how doing something like this increases the global demand for whiskey/hard liquor. Also if one distillery can do it, so can others which is also an overall win.

roflc0ptic 5y ago

It doesn't necessarily change the demand, but it changes the supply curve by making it cheaper per unit to produce whiskey. Previously, you could sell whiskey, and the waste was garbage. Under this hypothetical scheme, now you could make money on the waste, too, reducing the price of production.

VBprogrammer 5y ago
Would this be an example of the Jevons paradox? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
- roflc0ptic 5y ago
  I can't really tell. Certainly jevon's paradox adjacent.
ohyeshedid 5y ago
Reminds me of Kingsford Charcoal.[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal)
IgorPartola 5y ago
You are assuming that having more supply will mean they need to immediately lower their prices. Glenfiddich is a premium brand. Have you once seen Apple lower prices on their MacBooks because they had too many in stock?
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ysavir 5y ago

It doesn't increase the demand. What it means is that if Glenfiddich needs more fuel to meet its own fuel demand, it will have to do so by creating more whiskey, even without demand for the additional whisky.

IgorPartola 5y ago
Or they could just buy fuel like everyone else. If their biogas is cheaper than fossil fuels they can buy then they’ve stumbled onto something much bigger than whiskey.
- stephen_g 5y ago
  Yes, I expect the only reason it would be cheaper is because it's waste stream that they would otherwise discard. So yeah, it wouldn't make any sense for them to produce more whisky just to produce more fuel - they would want to use as much fuel derived from waste as they can and purchase any deficit or sell any surplus...

hellbannedguy 5y ago

This stunt just got them a huge amount of free advertising. I haven't thought about Glenfidfish since my Playboy days. (I took a class on advertising in college. In one assignment, we were told to pick out the sexual imagery in magazine ads. Glenfiddish seemed to have a lot.)