Hotco oil burners, designed to be used in asphalt plants, are so efficient that hotco will sell one to the Clifton Asphalt plant for no payment other than the cost savings between the total amount asphalt plant actually paid for oil using its former burner during the last two years and the total amount it will pay for oil using the Hotco burner uring the next two years. On installation, the plant will make an estimated payments, which will be adjusted after two years to equal the actual cost savings.
Which of the following, if it occurred, would constitute a disadvantage for Hotco of the plan described above?
a) Another manufactureer's introduction to the market of a similarly efficient burner
b)The clifton Aspharlt plant's need for more than one new burner
c)Very poor efficiency in the Clifton Asphalt plant's old burner
d)A decrease in the demand for asphalt.
e)A steady increase in the price of oil beginning soon after the new burner is installed
个人从字面理解，应该是挑如何才会使这家公司收入下降的选项，是weaken题。
OG给出的解释“If the price of oil goes up, then the plant will experience smaller savings than Hotco anticipated, despite the plant's using less oil than previously because of its new ,more efficient burners." 因此选E.
我的理解：Hotco的新型炉子收入=老的燃油消耗-新燃油消耗 换句话说，新炉子烧100吨油能产生老炉子烧200吨油的相同效果的话，新炉子收益=100吨节省的燃油。那么当然是油价越高，省的越多。为什么到了OG这里成了weaken的选项，实在想不明白。
我选D.因为市场对沥青的需求小了，自然生产的少；生产少代表燃油消耗小，也就对Hotco公司的依靠燃油节省收入构成了威胁
d)A decrease in the demand for asphalt.
如果这样asphalt plants不是卖的更少了，也就是说oil就进货进得更少了，那么...成本不是更低了...cost saving不是更多了...要付给Hotco 的钱不是更多了...
不太明白，是烧oil才产生沥青嘛？
E又为什么对呢？既然新炉子是以节省oil来定价的，那么oil价越高对Hotco公司越有利阿？！
斑竹达人，此题已有人提问过，见
http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=24&ID=242110&replyID=&skin=1
但无人回答，请高手出面，谢谢啦！！
致2楼，成本低不一定代表cost saving多阿。
如果以前用200吨燃油，假使用了新炉子可以降到100吨，saving=100吨；
但市场不好了，本来公司用了150吨燃油，用了新炉子也就降到75吨，按照协议则修正后付给Hotco公司75吨的钱。
这怎么能说成本低就一定cost saving多呢？
A steady increase in the price of oil beginning soon after the new burner is installed
油价高了，成本不就上升了...成本上升了，那么saving costs不就少了...反而可能后来的成本更高...反而可能Hotco要反贴plant的钱...
关于楼主的理解:
不是这样的...lz理解有点偏差了...Hotco的新型炉子收入=老炼造成本-新炼造成本。
致2楼，成本低不一定代表cost saving多阿。
如果以前用200吨燃油，假使用了新炉子可以降到100吨，saving=100吨；
但市场不好了，本来公司用了150吨燃油，用了新炉子也就降到75吨，按照协议则修正后付给Hotco公司75吨的钱。
这怎么能说成本低就一定cost saving多呢？
lz的例子里：
市场不好前的cost saving应该是200-100=100没错
市场不好后的cost saving应该是200-75=125
我明白了。这句话的关键在于the last two years 和 the next two years.
也就是认为老炉子用老价格，新炉子随市场一起涨价
哈哈。
假设现在是两年后:
炉子收入=老的炼造燃油成本*两年前预估的炼造吨数-新炼造燃油成本* 实际的炼造吨数
你说的这句推理是什么意思, 你能否把HOTCO 炼炉公司将产品销售给沥青PLANT的全过程都讲一遍吗?
如果这样asphalt plants卖的更少了，也就是说oil就进货进得更少了，那么...成本更低了...cost saving是更多了...要付给Hotco 的钱更多了...
我不小心用了反问语气而没有用问好表达出来...
不知道endlessfrenz有没有看明白。。。
instead of using cost saving method as a payment. The company accept installation payment, which is zero down payment for the first two years, then the actual cost savings for the next two years. If the oil price is up, then the next two years cost saving is less, so the total payment the company received will be less.
ezailshi 发表于 2008-9-1 16:15
我的理解：Hotco公司的收入 = 过去的两年里，老炉子用oil的数量×oil的价格 - 未来两年里，新炉子可能用到 ...
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