Haven't posted for awhile, but will make some objective observations based on my experience with raising silkworms which originate from this part of the world, ex. the Neri or Samia Cynthia silk moth which is also used in India and other countries today for silk production.
My recollections and observations were and are that,
1. cold temperatures and shorter days cause silkworms to spin cocoons as this is a built in protective as well as a transformational and metamorphosis response.
2. Warmer temperatures and summer day lengths promote faster 'worm growth' and stages. In NYC, by farming in a vacant lot and 'planting' the eggs by hand on Ailanthus (tree of heaven, as in 'A Tree that Grows in Brooklyn' novel). I was able to grow 2 generations in one summer by 'hand planting', where there normally is only one!
3. By 'hand planting' eggs in a prescribed area during warmer optimum temperatures in summer, mating will also occur more frequently since moths are 'nearer' each other and find each other more quickly, thus resulting in the accelerated '2 generations' where there are normally just one in a seasonal cycle.
4. It's also assumed that KBLB's moths have been selectively and scientifically bred to cycle even faster, producing even more generations and are breeding faster developing and more vigorous silk moths and worms than usual. I would assume at least more prolific and geometrically multiplying moths than are usually present in either modern production or in the wild.
Based on personal experience and the facts I've outlined above, cold temperatures would not only slow worm development and growth in any case, but could also cause lower metabolic development and cause a longer cocoon stage and metamorphosis since metamorphosis is also a protective device and a reaction to hardship as well as part of the developmental general life cycle.
I'm not willing to make any conclusions as to what specifically relates to KBLB without having actually been in Vietnam, as I think that is everyone's personal decision and due diligence to make. On the other hand, seeing as the stock market in general right now is not growing by any sort of leaps and bounds, and that it's always expected to have ups and downs with no guarantees, it's also the nature of the investment 'beast!'.
Personally speaking, I've made enough of a profit already on my albeit small investment, that I was able to reinvest without losing anything. Given that I've only gained not lost since I've invested in this company and witnessed many ups and downs, I'm going to let my current investment ride.
Warren Buffet and other sources advise not selling a decent stock for at least ten years, and since in only four years I've made nothing but profit, and also considering that this is a total revolutionary breakthrough in textiles, I'll stay since I've got nothing to lose in reality or financially.
I've had to ask myself the question here, 'have I ever really lost anything since investing in this venture?' and the answer is definitely not, and have only gained.
We all have to ask ourselves the same question in my opinion, and depending on our past actions the answer might be different than my own.
Everything I've said here should be taken with a grain of salt and is solely my own experience. Good luck to us all.
