Why cant you grow corn to make gas and glue renewable?

[Wildly Mild]

It drives me crazy that these two valuable resources are finite and non renewable. Makes me feel like i might aswell not use them at all since using them short term will make me dependant and end up hurting me long term. I really hope the devs fix this, because you can absolutely make biofuel and cornstarch glue in real life.

[Wildly Mild]

Just seems dumb that they spent all this time to add cars to the game when i can barely get the fuel to use them. It doesn't make the game enjoyable. Gas can be made difficult to craft, but having a finite amount just sucks.

[Chad1776]

I really doubt you could use up all the gas at the gas stations though. Use a generator to power the pumps fill up as many gas cans as you can.

[Chad1776]

Also if you get the hydrocraft mod you can make biofuel and glue, and ALoT of other useful items.

[Wildly Mild]

Originally posted by Johndoe1111:

I really doubt you could use up all the gas at the gas stations though. Use a generator to power the pumps fill up as many gas cans as you can.

Does this actually work? I recall reading that you can't power the pumps with a generator. Did they change that in an update?

[fuzzyelmo]

yes it change in the last update (and it work)

[Wildly Mild]

Do gas stations have an unlimited amount of gas?

Also i forgot i got a baseball bat as a drop from a zombie, so not too upset about non renewable glue, but still annoying.

[HaloCOws]

if you want glue to be renewable, use the "More Zombie Loot" mod, it gives zombies the chance to spawn with various small items such as glue, woodglue, ductape etc. making those repair items infinitely renewable. The spawns are pretty balanced as well, try it out.

[Rincewind]

With hydrocraft, you can

[Torric Roma]

I work in Refineries and it takes many chemicals and a long process to actually make ant kind of fuel. why do you think gas only has up to at most 10% if that. we would litterally starve the world if we tried to use Corn as fuel.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Spider Flash Mob:

Do gas stations have an unlimited amount of gas?

Also i forgot i got a baseball bat as a drop from a zombie, so not too upset about non renewable glue, but still annoying.

no. just enough that you will have to go out of your way to use it all. and then it'd take quite awhile.

[𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀]

My van is full... of gas. We are carrying 5 cans or so.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Originally posted by warpig107:

I work in Refineries and it takes many chemicals and a long process to actually make ant kind of fuel. why do you think gas only has up to at most 10% if that. we would litterally starve the world if we tried to use Corn as fuel.

i forget which country it was. But one is moveing over to all crop made fuels. Also while petrochems take lot of chems to make. And break down into the components. Ethonol is easier and better gmh at last survey.

Also while you can make home made fuel this way. Can not make petro at home. I forget exact recipie atm.. but ethonal other then what find on a farm you need one or two chems as catalyst. Though home made atm is small scale true. It is doable in this type of setting. And if have horses can always make old glue. "i dont recall practice so cant say how its done sorry".

Draw back to corn is yes it takes large fields to produce in mass. BUT unlike ptero is renewable. So for small town it is doable. For a country... maybe not. But in post apoc SHTF gas would be useless. As im sure you know. Stabalizers only work for so long. So gas as long term i agree isnt possible. But corn would be. As less people driveing. More fuel can be stretched to come.

[TimberwolfGEO]

Originally posted by EnigmaGrey:

I've no problem with alternatives to glue, but biodiesel wasn't wasn't a commonly heard of thing in the in the time period the game's set in. It only came into vogue after the millennium, when gas prices skyrocketed.

So either gas should remain finite, or another technology appropriate for the time needs to be used. My money is on wood gas, but that requires compression to work. Adding multi-fuel vehicles (e.g. a truck that can run on alcohol, kerosene .etc) would probably be more appropriate.

In the end, I see post-apocalyptic settings as slowly losing the luxuries that modern society provides, rather than just being able to carry on as normal, but as a lone wolf, with zombies. But that's just my opinion.

Ethanol as a gas substitute has been around for a long time, and it's basically highly distilled corn liquor. It's not as efficient or safe for cars as gas but in a post apocalyptic survival situation, if you have enough corn you'd probably make due.

[bulbatrs]

you can't grow corn ingame, so no renewable fuel.

[Wildly Mild]

Originally posted by bulbatrs:

you can't grow corn ingame, so no renewable fuel.

Exactly, why the hell is there no corn, it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ kentucky