run out of oil

[jopare1]

hello, the game warned me that the map was running out of oil, and I saw that there was an island with oil and I started to bring it with the ship, but it is very slow unloading and I ran out of gas on the island, what advice give for the next game

[andargor]

I haven't used any oil since mid-game with 4xsugar cane/8xcanola farms (you have to find the seeds with your ship). Ethanol and diesel production. Check out these options: https://www.reddit.com/r/captain_of_industry/comments/vv4xvf/green_energy_feasibility/

Power is a lot harder to get away from nuclear than is reducing oil use though...

[Puls]

You have many options and alternatives. And it have many treads to the "oil-problem"

[BlitzStream]

potato farms > Anaerobic Digester + air separator > Cracking unit = diesels

[Wat]

Originally posted by jopare1:

there was an island with oil and I started to bring it with the ship, but it is very slow unloading

Upgrade the cargo depot and use multiple fluid modules to speed up unloading.

[Ruges]

Originally posted by Wat:

Originally posted by jopare1:

there was an island with oil and I started to bring it with the ship, but it is very slow unloading

Upgrade the cargo depot and use multiple fluid modules to speed up unloading.

Also upgrade the oil derrick.

[GameOverRIP]

Originally posted by BlitzStream:

potato farms > Anaerobic Digester + air separator > Cracking unit = diesels

that's too slow.

[GameOverRIP]

Originally posted by Ruges:

Originally posted by Wat:

Upgrade the cargo depot and use multiple fluid modules to speed up unloading.

Also upgrade the oil derrick.

Unloading from cargo ships is still too slow regardless, however your own ship is instant and you can carry alot more, provided the trucks pick up from the dock. Would be great if they introduce an output pipe for oil from the port so you don't have to rely on the trucks.

[Lucid]

You can set up the cargo dock early and use a pipe balancer to take from the fluid storage fed by the cargo dock first, then supplement with your pump jacks,if the oil from the cargo ship isn't enough on its own. That way your island source will last a lot longer.

You can also use the fuel saver edicts to reduce diesel usage, and replace as many truck deliveries with belts as possible.

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

eventualy you will/be able to make fuel out of plants and gas out of weaste (water treatment/green weaste)

you have to make your oil last till then as its technicaly most important recource after food

my tips would be:
-get fuel/later fuel techs , early fuel refining is very weasteful
-try to automate most you can , while you wont able to autopmate everything try produce larger stacks of stuff with belts feeding into everything , less trucks deliveries=fuel will last longer
-i have fuel saving edict pretty much on as soon as i get it and never turned it off
-farming vegetable oil/alcochol can make disel when you get to that tech
-setup cargo dock for oil , ship will import it automaticly but be advised ship also needs fuel(so add refuel prorirety of that building to 1)

if things get really desperate you can buy small amount of fuel for coal but thats not ideal

as example early on i made simple construction parts stack/mini factory

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1910107854870452029/146156546C355F664B05E3ABA4C1F9B74222899C/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

if keep things who produce things other building needs close , preferably use belts whenever you can , and use bridges so heavy equipment can cross

game is a bit...specific , i had to restart twice as first i also ran out of fuel , second time i ran out of construction materials

3rd run was better as i had basic grasp of game mechanics by then

if you cant have producer close , make storage , and belt it to buildings it needs and keep stockpile order , so trucks will deliver full and to 1 building rather then 3-12