The pilot was a ‘success,’ but we don’t know any more about the situation than that.
Despite the success of the pilot trial, the 90-day ramp-up at the silkworm farm produced a crop significantly below expectations. Why?
There are so many unknowns here. My first question: why did the ramp up take 90 days? 90 days is two generations of silkworms. Did they need 45 days to ensure the facility was ready for the crop and then raise a single generation, or did they raise two generations? We don’t know, but that could be important.
Did the crop at the end of 90 days die because of climate issues, silkworm disease, problems with food quality, or all of the above? We don’t know.
Which of these issues are the new hybrids supposed to address? Some of them? One? All? We don’t know.
What percentage of the expected output did they produce? 95%? 5%? Again, we don’t know.
Where in the process did the silkworms die? Before hatching? During one of the instar phases? Just before they were supposed to cocoon? All of the above? Once again, we don’t know.
What we do know is that Thompson withheld considerable information about the problem from shareholders and, in the past, this has meant the truth was quite disappointing.
I fully support Truth’s claim about the potential for many factors to be involved. The previous ‘success’ of the pilot program may have occurred under ideal conditions that are all-but-impossible to replicate. We don’t know.
I hope KBLB can provide us with good news soon, or at least some mediocre news soon. Anything to clear the fog of uncertainty Thompson has produced would be helpful.
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