Table 5
Comparison between economic and environmental objective function in three models of gas oil supply chain, non-integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain, and integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain.
| Objective function | Total profit (milliard dollars/20 years) |
Environmental impacts (million tons/20 years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gas-oil supply chain | Non-integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain | Integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain | Gas-oil supply chain | Non-integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain | Integrated gas-oil and biodiesel supply chain | |
| Maximization of total profit | 7805.25 | 6895.19 | 7439.34 | 1691.15 | 1564.19 | 1422.95 |
| Minimization of environmental impacts | 7416.21 | 6651.59 | 7398.37 | 1471.29 | 1304.15 | 1129.64 |