# Ice mining sell direct or manufacture fuel blocks?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ice-mining-sell-direct-or-manufacture-fuel-blocks/240078>\
**Category:** Mining & Extraction\
**Created:** [May 10, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ice-mining-sell-direct-or-manufacture-fuel-blocks/240078 "2020-05-10T18:23:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xeux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/xeux/32/428022_2.png) [@Xeux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Xeux)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ice-mining-sell-direct-or-manufacture-fuel-blocks/240078/6 "2020-05-10T21:45:25Z")

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This same topic came up last year, for your reading enjoyment:

> [@Fuel Blocks too cheap?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/fuel-blocks-too-cheap/201260):
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> Fuel blocks seem to be too cheap. The economy is losing money on them even if some individuals think they are profiting. Is this just the nature of economics? Theoretically the cost to produce something should equilibrate to the opportunity cost of its inputs. All fuel blocks are way under their input costs. Meaning it’s more profitable just to sell the inputs. I understand that if you make one of your own inputs you can “profit” on fuel blocks. But the economy still loses. Because you coul…

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