Karbonite Orbital refinery

[Grossbeer]

Hello everyone,

Im useing Kerbonite as a means to produce fuel. I made some tweaks on the parts so that extraction is a long process and takes weeks to months to fill a tank with 1600 units of space (with one drill that is).

So i build me a big Kerbonite rig with lots of drills and im loving it. The next thing i want to do, is have a seperate refinery for my fuel production project.

I could just build it next to my rig and go on with the converting but i want the refinery to be in Orbit around the Planet (for some reason ).

The Problem is, i cant think of a reason why i would do that (other than i want it)

I adjusted the converters so i can fill 2 Tank(LFO) with 1 Tank(Kerbonite) of the same size, so it is a good idea to ship the lighter karbonite up to space before it gets converted.

Im not a physicist but im pretty sure that that solution is scientific nonsense. Converting 1 pound through some mysterious Process to 2 pounds.

So now im looking for ideas, how i can force myself to build a Orbital refinery, without resorting to some magical conversion :-D

I would appriciate any (half) plausible suggestions

greez

Edited November 12, 2014 by Grossbeer

[Mecripp]

karbonite, I thought was heavyer then LFO ? But so far on what you are askinng you could just think of it as a GasStation just really store fuel.