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FinancialDragon |
Posted - 2009.09.06 19:14:00 - [ 1]
Edited by: FinancialDragon on 06/09/2009 19:14:55
I was looking into supplying compressed ore to the market, and skilling up for a rorq.
Though, I see close to zero compressed ore on the market.
Cutting to the chase:
1 unit of compressed veldspar
= 417m3
= 500,000 units of trit
= 5000 m3 of trit
= Compression ratio of ~12
= 330k jump freighter can transport 395mil units/3.96mil m3 of trit per jump
With some ships now having an ore bay able to handle these, would selling compressed ore have a viable place on the market?
Would this be useful enough to be able to sell the ore for a good enough price to make up for the compression/fuel costs?
I'm thinking there must be a good reason for the market being devoid of compressed ore ;p |
Breaker77
Gallente
Reclamation Industries |
Posted - 2009.09.06 19:33:00 - [ 2]
 Originally by: FinancialDragon
I'm thinking there must be a good reason for the market being devoid of compressed ore ;p
It can only be done in lowsec/null sec/WH space. Not many people are crazy enough to sit vulnerable in a 2 billion ISK ship unable to do anything while it's compressing ore. |
FinancialDragon |
Posted - 2009.09.06 19:41:00 - [ 3]
Yeah, i'm fully prepared to set up a POS to protect it while it crunches away, heavy water is quite cheap to fuel it, so overheads will hopefully not be too insane. |
Ashina Sito
Gallente
Center for Advanced Studies |
Posted - 2009.09.06 20:53:00 - [ 4]
Edited by: Ashina Sito on 06/09/2009 20:53:56
One can always try but I never saw it worth the effort.
There are other things you can use for better compression.
You have to have a Rorqual to decompress, since it is jump capable one would assume you could have used the Rorqual to do the compression in the first place.
If this was a profitable idea I am sure someone would be doing it by this time.
If you need a Rorqual for other things you can give it a go but if it just to do this I don;t think it would be worth the effort in the long run |
Arous Drephius |
Posted - 2009.09.06 21:42:00 - [ 5]
Originally by: Ashina Sito
You have to have a Rorqual to decompress
Nope. You just refine the compressed ore in a station or POS refinery, the same as you would for normal ore/ice. |
Yarinor
Capital Construction Research
Pioneer Alliance |
Posted - 2009.09.06 23:35:00 - [ 6]
isn't regular mineral compression easier? |
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