Late game alt recipie recommendations

[phadin]

So I've been in Phase 4 for a while, finally stopped progression to spend the weekend building a massive new power plant using Heavy Oil Residue and Blended Turbofuel recipies I found. It makes me wonder, what are some other late game alternate recipies should keep an eye out for when scanning hard drives.

[cswiger]

Sloppy Alumina is really handy. Anything that simplifies Computer production or making Heavy Modular Frames helps.

[phadin]

I skipped the sloppy allumina because I need the silica to actually make the ingots. I didnt' finally find the quartz till well after I had the alluminum up and running, and it was far from where I set up my alluminum factory.

[cswiger]

Originally posted by phadin:

I skipped the sloppy allumina because I need the silica to actually make the ingots. I didnt' finally find the quartz till well after I had the alluminum up and running, and it was far from where I set up my alluminum factory.

Point. SA goes best with Pure Aluminum Ingot, and ends up using a lot fewer buildings and about half the energy at the price of ~10% lower production.

[kLuns]

There is a recipe that makes aluminum ingots in the smelter, no more need for silica.