Composter/Organic Matter Calculator

This page calculates the best items to use for Organic Matter and Machine Fuel based on data retrieved through BazaarData. For Organic Matter, items worth less than 32 or more than 40,000 Organic Matter are excluded.

Transclusion
This page can be transcluded to make use of the following variables.
 * (currently ) is the name of the item with the lowest cost per Organic Matter.
 * (currently ) is the amount of Organic Matter that the item is worth.
 * (currently ) is the cost (in coins) to instant buy 4000 Organic Matter worth of the item from the Bazaar.
 * (currently ) is the name of the fuel item with the lowest cost per Machine Fuel.
 * (currently ) is the suffix to be appended to the item name to make it plural.
 * (currently ) is the amount of Machine Fuel that the item is worth.
 * (currently ) is the cost (in coins) to buy 2000 Machine Fuel worth of the item.
 * Voltas and Oil Barrels are assumed to be bought from the Bazaar with instant buy, and Biofuel has a fixed price from SkyMart.

Example
The best Bazaar item for Organic Matter is currently at  per. The best item for Machine Fuel is currently at  per   when purchased from.

For a Composter that doesn't have any Composter Upgrades yet, each Compost would need and, which would cost. The Composter would be able to produce  each hour, consuming   and   in the process at a cost of. Since each Compost can be sold to the Bazaar at an instant sell price of, the hourly profit of running a base-level Composter using and  is  per hour before tax. In total, the Composter could run unattended for before running out of, making   in that time at a total cost of. The profit for the full would be  before tax.

For a Composter with all Composter Upgrades maxed out, each would need on average   and , or  and , which together would cost. The Composter would be able to produce an average of  per hour, consuming   and   in the process at a cost of. The average hourly profit of running a maxed-out Composter using and  is  per hour before tax. In total, the Composter could run unattended for exactly before running out of, making an average of   in that time at a total cost of. The average profit when running the maxed-out Composter for the full would be  before tax.

Keeping a maxed-out Composter topped off continuously for 30 real-life days would result in an expected profit of before tax.