Mind boggling statistics of Chilli peppers of India

[Masala Mojo]

How Long will it be?

Friends,

What you have read so far is NOTHING.
Read what it means in terms of Length.

1009481 tones is 201896200000 chilli pods
If 1 chilli pod is 2.5 " long without stalk,

201896200000 chilli pods will be 504740500000 inches.
I mile is 63,360 inches.

So 504740500000 inches is 79,662,33 Miles.
Circumfrance of earth from North pole to south pole and back is 24, 659.82 miles.
If each chilli pod is placed after another in a line and if we make a circle from North to South pole, it will make 320.44 circles around the globe.

NJA

 

[cmpman1974]

OK NJA, while we're on this subject. Perhaps the better calculation is how far in SPACE from the Earth's ground would all the chiles in India generate? Pods from Earth to Venus. lol.

Chris

 

[Masala Mojo]

238,857 Miles is avarage distance of Moon from Earth.So you can go to Moon 16 times and come back walking on dem chilli pods!!!!

 

[Pepperfreak]

Sweet! Imagine a pepper stairway to the moon. Whoa....

 

[Masala Mojo]

Dear Pepperfreak,

That is not all !!!
Let us calculate how much capsaicin it contains and how much is the value of that.!!!

Pure capsaicin content of Chilli peppers on average is 0.2 percent by weight. So 0.2% of 1009481 tonnes of chilli peppers is = 2 018.962 tonnes of pure capsaicin which is 2018962 kilos.
1 kilo of pure capsaicin costs about 7500 US Dollars.
So the value of 2018962 kilos of capsaicin (approx) is, 15142215000 Dollars.

OMG OMG OMG

NJA

 

[POTAWIE]

Interesting figure but to be fair if there was that much cap supply, the price would go way down. Also you can likely get pure cap cheaper than that at chemical suppy companies

 

[paulky_2000]

And NOT ONE of these pods lives in my fridge.

THAT's the the most confounding statistic of all.

 

[Masala Mojo]

Interesting figure but to be fair if there was that much cap supply, the price would go way down. Also you can likely get pure cap cheaper than that at chemical suppy companies

This is the price of pure natural cap.
Yes, if supply is more, the price would come down.

De Beers holds tonnes of diamonds in huge safes and holds the price line. (besides the point).

I was just trying to find out how much would it value with current price?

NJA