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by 5123125 404 days ago
Aren't there are also operating cost ? What you said is just depreciating cost of the machine.
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Indeed. Let’s add electricity and maybe double the costs ? Note some of the costs will be shared anyway with the bacteria culture anyway ( you need folks to interpret the results, real estate , etc ). Still at 4 usd/ analysis, it looks reasonable to me.