Charcoal vs. Solid Biomass

[Ronin75]

I unlocked alternate Receipt Charcoal, so I could convert wood directly into coal instead of the more complex process of solid biomass. Which one is more efficient and is coal more useful fore vehicles than solid biomass?

[Fenix]

For Vehicles Solid Biomass is better
I only use the wood to coal recipe for making filters real quick if I'm running low, as I'm usual far away from any coal

[sgargoyle]

Originally posted by Fenix:

For Vehicles Solid Biomass is better
I only use the wood to coal recipe for making filters real quick if I'm running low, as I'm usual far away from any coal

now we can just toss a stack in the pocket space for such emergencies but i agree thats about the only real use for it least till we get automated bio harvesting

[kLuns]

Charcoal is a nice recipe for selfimposed challenges. Any other purpose I haven't found for it yet. The advantage of biofuel is that you can process it into jet pack fuel later in the game.

[twifight]

Solid biofuel has more energetic value AND it stacks higher, so for practical use I always prefer biofuel over coal. If you stick a stack in your inventory or a vehicle it will last much longer. A stack of solid biofuel (200/stack) has exactly 3x more energy than a stack of coal (100/stack).

[Evilsod]

Charcoal is one of those alt. recipes that is useless (for the reasons other people have already given).

It's actually worth more leaving it locked into a HDD on the menu, so it can never come up again ><