Ice Mining

The ice mining done by members of the AU-F thus far has been a story of success. I only had to purchase a handful of liquid ozone in order to fuel up all three POS this past week after we accumulated a whopping 300,000 units of helium isotopes, and other various fuel components.

I would like to personally commend the efforts of such members as Cmdr GAT, Meatay, Sarah Tuttle, and any other members I may have heinously forgot; don't hurt me!

Ice mining has become crucial to our development as we branch out, invest, and extend our reach into Providence over the course of the summer. We are running rather dangerously low on funds at the corporate level at this time due to having invested heavily in T1 BPOs and ships. The ships will return value to us when they are lost, but the T1 BPOs will return value only when we begin printing copies and selling them on the contractual market. So during this time of transition as we solidify our corporate portfolio, every unit of fuel counts.

But, to give everyone a better idea of what it requires to fuel our three POS, I will list out the various fuel components along with the rough estimate of how many units we need per month, the volume of those units, and their average open market values.



Helium Isotopes are used by our two Amarr towers.
Units/mo approx. 475,000
Volume approx. 71,250 m3
ISK/mo approx. 142,500,000.00

Hydrogen Isotopes are used by our Minmatar tower.
Units/mo approx. 325,000
Volume approx. 48,750 m3
ISK/mo approx. 97,500,000.00

Coolant is used by all towers.
Units/mo approx. 15,000
Volume approx. 30,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 22,500,000.00

Enriched Uranium is used by all towers.
Units/mo approx. 7,500
Volume approx. 7,500 m3
ISK/mo approx. 41,250,000.00

Mechanical Parts are used by all towers.
Units/mo approx. 10,000
Volume approx. 10,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 6,600,000.00

Oxygen is used by all towers.
Units/mo approx. 45,000
Volume approx. 45,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 4,500,000.00

Robotics are used by all towers.
Units/mo approx. 2,000
Volume approx. 4,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 13,600,000.00

Liquid Ozone is used by all towers and varies with use.
Units/mo approx. 300,000
Volume approx. 120,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 60,000,000.00

Heavy Water is used by all towers and varies with use.
Units/mo approx. 300,000
Volume approx. 120,000 m3
ISK/mo approx. 7,500,000.00


Totals:

Volume approx. 456,500 m3
ISK/mo approx. 395,000,000.00


By my estimates, as I have hauled all this fuel almost exclusively myself this month, so I have kept a keen eye on our input, is that our ice miners have collectively saved us around 175,000,000.00 ISK thus far through donating their time, effort, and ice as they mine in gangs a few times a week.

You guys are the best.