Energy Profitability

Economic return per unit of energy invested.

energy_profitability(gross_return, energy_in, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

gross_return

Numeric vector. Gross economic return (currency/ha).

energy_in

Numeric vector. Total energy input (MJ/ha).

verbose

Logical. If TRUE, prints informational messages. Default TRUE.

Value

Numeric vector. Energy profitability (currency/MJ).

Details

Formula: $$EPr = \frac{Energy Output - Energy Input}{Energy Input}$$

Examples

energy_profitability(gross_return = 112500, energy_in = 12000)
#> Energy profitability computed (currency/MJ).
#> [1] 9.38