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Re:Are Rotisserie Chickens a Bargain? by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @10:22AM (#12297616)
My grocer's bag of apples is not 50% waste per pound. Its often the same apples in a bag. Volume discount. I suppose that just means they're all too expensive...
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Re:Are Rotisserie Chickens a Bargain? by gruez on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:04PM (#12300231)
I think you misread the parent's post.

>and the surface area to volume scaling means for a given amount of finished product your compost pile will have maybe half the compost

He means that the big apples have half the waste compared to small apples.

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Re:Are Rotisserie Chickens a Bargain? by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:06PM (#12300242)
"Bags of apples have a very high percent mass loss when peeled and rotted parts cut off"
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