Valles Global Industries has a small division that addresses the oil business. Currently, they are thinking about a pumping problem in the Durango Quadrant. They have an existing pump that will extract 50% of the known crude-oil reserve in the first year of operation and the remaining 50% in the second year. A larger pump with more power will cost $1.6 million but will take out all the known crude-oil reserve in the first year. The total revenues add up to $20 million as show below.
Current Pump More Power
Investment in year 0 0 $1.6 million
Revenue year 1 $10 million $20 million
Revenue year 2 $10 million 0
If their MARR is 20%, what should they do? Why?