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It's weird that they don't talk about what they're doing that supposedly makes the soil so special. They mention that once they installed the soil at the Pirat
by CSMastermind 2y ago
It's weird that they don't talk about what they're doing that supposedly makes the soil so special. They mention that once they installed the soil at the Pirates stadium (about 2 hours away from where it's manufactured) the number of rain delays dropped. If it were a property of the local soil you'd assume the existing soil in the pirates stadium would already have it. I can't believe the clay composition differs that much on a two hour drive.
Instead I'm guessing it has something to do with how they process it?
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoSoil conditions can definitely vary wildly within 100 miles, and Pennsylvania goes from coast to river valley to mountains in much less distance.
- teruakohatu 2y agoNew Zealand is a major milk exporter, some countries pay a premium for our milk. And yet the milk we locals buy in the supermarket (which I am sure is the same as our exports) is milk that has been divided into its core elements (fat sugar protein) and the recombined in a certain ratio. New Zealand milk does not come from a cow, and I would think PA dirt baseball fields do not come from the ground, but rather PA has the right raw ingredients at hand. On a side now people here pay a premium for “raw milk” (unpasteurised straight from a cow).
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoPennsylvania is a geologically diverse state. The soil can definitely vary across short distances.
- tadfisher 2y agoYes, and Western PA has the Poconos mountain chain, so various geologic strata are exposed in close proximity.
- anyonecancode 2y agoPoconos are actually eastern PA. There are also mountains in western PA, but I don't know their names without looking it up.
- 5555624 2y agoThe Allegheny Mountains are in western Pennsylvania.
- 5555624 2y agoThe Poconos are in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- giantg2 2y agoSoil map https://free-printablemap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/general-soil-map-pennsylvania-library-of-congress-for-penn-state-soil-map.jpg https://free-printablemap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/gen...
- CSMastermind 2y agoSuper helpful, thank you!
- nubinetwork 2y ago> It's weird that they don't talk about what they're doing that supposedly makes the soil so special. That would be like a bakery asking McDonald's how much sugar they put in their buns. If everyone could do it, they'd be out of business.
- affinepplan 2y agothe sugar content of a McDonald's bun is public knowledge Their competitive advantage has nothing to do (or at least extremely little) with recipe trade secrets. Any professional test kitchen could reproduce any McDonald's item within weeks
- seanw444 2y agoExactly. McDonald's not-so-secret secret recipe is immense scale.
- SkyPuncher 2y agoThis video may be of interest to you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AUq3BSoLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AUq3BSoLY