Replies to post #100873 on Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

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In addition, I am thinking the science has yet to get to where it needs to be for the higher end fibers. Someone knows how high molecular weight proteins work in a centrifuge. They need to get to the point where they can produce high molecular weight spider silk proteins at a much higher rate per batch. We won't know these facts for quite a while and as things are, they can only look at the apparel business for at least 3 years. Talk about QC....if they are making rope from yeast, consistency would have to be through the roof. Otherwise the weakest link principle comes into play and you have 2 ropes. Yeah, they are going to make things sound better than they are. So how anyone can say these private companies will beat KBLB is beyond me....words are cheap. Especially since Dragon silk is ready for scale and sale...whatever that means specifically. Imagine having multimillionaires investing in your goo and hearing that Dragon Silk is a 2Gpa fiber. That alone is close to making someone rethink further investment. Those investors are not in it for the apparel industry.

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"Bolt expects its spinning process to yield spider silk yarn at a price of less than $100 per kg"

Well from the get go BT has been nothing but a scam to me. The things they do and say are what lead me to that conclusion. Lost samples and no real information other than rhetoric and fluff.

this statement is a good example.
Spiber is aiming for $100 a kilo cost that is actually pretty expensive considering that is before making a yarn. BT believes they will produce the yarn for the same cost as spibers goo which is 1000 times cheaper than any other given estimate.

BT is full of crap. I don't believe anything from them since they changed their name and began pretending that they are a new company with recent innovations when in fact this is just the second time through with the same story.

Spiber I believe is actually attempting to produce something but I think they know they can not produce spider strength fibers and are working the novelty of spider silk to make a gimmick sale of their fibers.
Its a good idea if I am right. As long as they are first they could make enough to finance actual spider silk production but they need to be first or they lose the gimmick.