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"Fuel" is fusion fuel, a rare compact substance (Helium-3) that powers fusion reactors of virtually all machinery, from farming implements to space freighters. Due to its relative ease of transport and universal usefulness, it is considered a basic exchange unit. [[EC]] are usually used as a substitute for virtual exchanges.

1 Fuel can be produced by 1 basically equipped [[human]] on a core-dead moon in 1 [[week]].

{{good|Fuel|transport_cost=0.0001 EC|producers=[[Fuel Sifter]]s on moon-likes, [[NIL]]s|users=anybody}}

==Obtaining==

Fuel can be obtained from scouring any kind of planet, but it is most abundant in crusts of cold planetoids lacking a core. Obtaining fuel on a core-active planet would involve mass mineral processing, which usually not profitable.
Fuel is also potentially available from gas giants, but that requires much higher technology.