For growers

Something's landed on your desk.

Carbon. Renewables. Technology. It's all arriving, and it all has a deadline.

Project developers, carbon aggregators, solar and wind proponents, transmission easements, equipment vendors. The offers keep coming, the documents are long, the modelling is opaque — and almost all of the advice on offer comes from the person selling it to you.

Send me what landed

The problem

The proposal is accurate. That's not the same as complete.

A good proposal is technically true in every line. It's also written by someone whose job is to sell it to you — which means the modelling runs on their assumptions, not your paddock.

None of that is dishonest. It's just not their job to put the other side of the ledger in front of you.

What I do

The Proposal Review

Send me what landed

The proposal, the agreement, the modelling, and a couple of lines about your operation.

—What you're actually committing to, and for how long. Carbon permanence and renewables easements can bind the land for decades — and they don't end when you sell.
—Whose assumptions the numbers run on, and what happens if the returns don't turn up.
—What's missing — the costs, obligations and risks that aren't in the document.
—What it does to the rest of the operation — rotation, grazing, future land use, finance, succession.
—What to say yes to, what to renegotiate, and what to walk away from — with the questions written out so you can send them as they are.

$3,500 flat Five business days. No meeting required. Optional 30-minute debrief — most people don't need it.
Multi-vendor or multi-site reviews quoted separately.

Commercial and agronomic review — not legal or financial advice. Take the contract to your solicitor as well; I'll tell you which clauses to point them at.

Send me what landed

Proof of concept

He didn't proceed.

A grower in Western Australia was about to commit capital to a biochar system. He had the vendor's quote and the business case in hand.

I went through it from his side of the table — what the modelling assumed, what it left out, and what it meant for his carbon position.

The numbers didn't work over the payback period, and the reasons were sitting in what the vendor hadn't concluded.

That's the job. Not talking you into a decision, and not talking you out of one — finding out whether it stacks up, and saying so.

Engaged by two businesses. $11,000.

How it works

Four steps, and none of them need a meeting.

You send what landed

The proposal, the agreement, the modelling. Photos of paper are fine.

I confirm it's in scope

Within a day. If it isn't a fit, I'll say so and it costs you nothing.

Five business days

I go through it line by line, against your operation — not a trial site.

You get it back in writing

Marked up, with the questions to put to them written out ready to send.

Fit

Who this is for — and who it isn't.

This is for you if

You've got a carbon, renewables or technology proposal in front of you with real money attached
There's a deadline on it and you don't want to be rushed into signing
The only people explaining it to you are the people selling it
You want to know what to renegotiate, not just whether to sign

This isn't for you if

You've already signed. I can't unwind it — take it to a solicitor.
You want legal advice. I'm not a lawyer, and I'll tell you which clauses to take to one.
You want someone to agree with the decision you've already made.
The decision is small enough that $3,500 is most of the risk.

See if it's a fit

Tell me what's landed.

A few lines is plenty. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help — and if I can't, I'll usually know who can.