Community Feedback: Helium-3 Mining

[g18em2b]

Traders can buy H-Fuel from Gas Miner Naha and make 50K/min. The mining rate of Helium-3 is 10 units/s (tested on a Kishiro Arrastra). That's 600 He/min. No self respecting miner would even start mining knowing they will make less than 100K/min. This means a miner who knows their worth will charge 167 per unit mined. Since the hauler and the miner usually go 50-50, the PoB must buy the Helium-3 at 334. Of course, if your mining rate is higher, you can charge less per unit mined. But this doesn't change the numbers substantially.

Questions:

• How can a PoB sell H-FUel cheaper than Gas Miner Naha ($60) if they have to buy Helium-3 from miners?
  
• Why would anyone mine if they will earn less than an NPC trader?