is end-game sulphur net positive or negative? Anyone did the math?

[VladK02]

End-game, assuming normal operation of the base, arc furnaces, nuclear reactors (so pollution is low).... is sulphur net positive, or negative?

There is no contract to trade for sulphur, you can only sell it. So I am assuming its a net positive.

But I wanted to make sure.

its just hard to work out, because, even if my base requires theoretical maximum of 140+ sulphur, in practice it varies widely. Too many moving parts to it to accurately work out.

Im looking at production / consumption chart, its all over, but I do end up importing SOME sulphur in any given year. Like, 20% maybe.

Question is, can i survive without imports, and without just burning coal pointlessly to get pollution sulphur, or creating sour water just for sulphur? What do end-game bros say? Should i have coal power plants after all?

Also bonus question - is it me or the sulphur world mine is eternal? I dont see deposit size on it....

[Kaery]

Originally posted by VladK02:

There is no contract to trade for sulphur, you can only sell it. So I am assuming its a net positive.

There is a contract to trade for sour water, though.

Originally posted by VladK02:

Also bonus question - is it me or the sulphur world mine is eternal? I dont see deposit size on it....

Could be you. What about the other mines and the oil platforms? There's a setting that makes world mines eternal. If the others aren't, the sulphur one isn't, either.

[VladK02]

I already closed the game, but I triple-checked - sulphur mine has no 'reserves left' tab.

And its the only mine like that.

I am already trading all my slag out. But i am not manufacturing gold in bulk, yet, so I dont have crazy slag production from toxic runoff filtration.

I believe once i set up servers for gold ore, and gold for oil, that should bulk out my slag production, so i get more sour water.

But as it stands, im not getting enough sour water in.

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

Scrubbers make sulfur and also sour water (who you will use anyway to just get rid of slag) , my base is big and 1.5 mine is enough to keep my base with 5700 population

and this is also ontop of me trading sulfur for sludge

so you should be fine ,as sulfur mine can supply 8x

if i not buyed sludge i would likely not need mine sulfur

you should totaly utilise the mine as sludge is not only ether free dirt or fertaliser but also free gas who can be turned into anything , from hydrogen to disel to just used as boiler fuel

[SpeedDaemon]

End state, with all settlement needs supplied, all resources coming in via trade, no dumping (export and incineration only), and running 80% recycling, I'm still exporting quite a bit of sulfur.