Capex vs Opex? The cost of new/refurbished equipment is an up-front cost and takes longer to depreciate (but refurbished is lower-cost and so has fewer immedia

Capex vs Opex? The cost of new/refurbished equipment is an up-front cost and takes longer to depreciate (but refurbished is lower-cost and so has fewer immediate penalties), whereas diesel fuel and other similar costs can be charged immediately as expenses related to customer fees. Same as why businesses might prefer to pay more real-money over the long term to rent servers via AWS than spend money up front for servers and run their own, longer-term-cheaper, server farm. (Edit: clarification)