Geothermal steam power help?

[Commodus]

On utopia map, my fuel colony has geothermal vents, but the fuel colony generator cant use steam, and it dosnt appear you can transport steam to the city generator

So if there's no geothermal vents in the main city you cant use geothermal?

[☭ Calabresa ☭]

Originally posted by Commodus:

On utopia map, my fuel colony has geothermal vents, but the fuel colony generator cant use steam, and it dosnt appear you can transport steam to the city generator

So if there's no geothermal vents in the main city you cant use geothermal?

As far as I understand, Steam is not a resource you can stockpile or transport, therefore if your main city doesn't have steam vents, you cannot use it.

[Little_Neo]

I'm also confused as to why there is geothermal at a Fuel Colony, but it doesn't appear to let the colony use steam power at all. Like you said there is no way to store or transport it so the resource seems pointless at Fuel Colonies besides having a warm zone to build stuff in.

[☭ Calabresa ☭]

Originally posted by Little_Neo:

I'm also confused as to why there is geothermal at a Fuel Colony, but it doesn't appear to let the colony use steam power at all. Like you said there is no way to store or transport it so the resource seems pointless at Fuel Colonies besides having a warm zone to build stuff in.

If you have the adaptative generator upgrade, the colonies will be able to use other fuels as well, including steam.

[Ridesdragons]

colonies will always be able to use the other fuel types - I went oil pumps in my last utopia game, and I primarily fueled my colonies with steam and, occasionally, coal, while I had them pump all that sweet, sweet oil to my home base.

the issue is that colonies do not use steam first. they use it second. they'll use steam over coal, but not over oil. if you want your colony to run off of steam power, you need to tell the colony to ship the oil it's burning. trade routes take priority over burning in the generator. for quick maths, for every 2 units of steam you're not using, send 1 unit of oil. so if you're already sending all excess oil and you've got 170 steam you're not using, send an additional 85 oil, and your colony will now be using the steam.