Amber Chemical Company currently operates three manufacturing plants in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Annual carbon emissions for these plants in the first quarter of 2021 are 180.000 metric tons per quarter for 720,000 metric tons in 2021). Amber management is investigating improved manufacturing techniques that will reduce annual carbon emissions to below 694,000 metric tons so that the company can meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines by 2022. Costs and benefits are as follows: (Click the icon to view the costs and benefits.) Read the requirements 694,000 metric tons by the end of 2022? (Round all intermediary Requirement 1. If Amber reduces emissions by 3% each quarter, beginning with the second cuarter of 2021, will the company reach its goal calculations and the amounts you input in the cells to the nearest dollar.) Begin by calculating the quarterly emissions for each quarter through the end of 2022. i Data Table Quarterly emissions (metric tons) Quarter 2021 Q1 Total cost to reduce carbon emissions 511 per metric tan reduced in 2022 below 720,000 metric tons Fine in 2022 if EPA guidelines are not met S1,185,500 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 Print Done 2021 04 Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then continue to the next question, Amber Chemical Company currently operates three manufacturing plants in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Annual carbon emissions for these plants in the first quarter of 2021 are 180,000 metric tons per quarter (or 720,000 metric tons in 2021). Amber management is investigating improved manufacturing techniques that will reduce annual carbon emissions to below 694.000 metric tons so that the company can meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines by 2022. Costs and benefits are as follows: (Click the icon to view the costs and benefits.) Read the requirements 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 Will the company reach its goal of 694.000 metric tons by the end of 2022? reach its goal of 694,000 metric tons by the end of 2022. Amber Chemical Company currently operates three manufacturing plants in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Annual carbon emissions for these plants in the first quarier of 2021 are 180,000 metric tons per quarter (or 720,000 metric tons in 2021). Amber management is investigating improved manufacturing techniques that will reduce annual carbon emissions to below 694.000 metric tons so that the company can meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines by 2022. Costs and benefits are as follows: (Click the icon to view the costs and benefits.) Read the requirements. Requirement 2. What would be the net financial cost or benefit of their plan? Ignore the time value of money. (Use parentheses or a minus sign to show a net benefit.) Net cost (benefit) of plan Requirement 3. What factors other than oost might weigh into Amber's decision to carry out this plan? What do you recommend Amber to do? Avoidance of the EPA fine V be the company's sole motivation carrying out this plan. Reducing carbon emissions Amber may be able to however, company management Amber could choose to end this plan at the end of 2022. and
