Fuel and best approach for energy !

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So far the only real way is ignum to power the boilers and the amount of ignium to fuel the boilers to get 3.6 MJ which you may think its a lot but, I have 12 boilers on the go and I am just got to the assembly line. I personally think we need a stronger energy source.
So one steam turbine 3.6 mw, so total so far I have 3.6mw x 12 = 43.2mw output.
So amount of Ignium and amount of Boiler & Steam is a lot to make a decent assemble line. That's a lot of energy to and ignium.

I was hoping a nuclear power station, maybe this will happen in future Development.
What are your thoughts on this matter !

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

solar+batteries is best endgame. no upkeep.

Yes it takes a bit of time to lay out but it never needs messing with again

you say you're to assembly line.. wow. I went on solar the moment it became available to research.

I notice the size of the Large Solar panel just for 650kw output is a lot of space to cover for endgame. So 6 x solar panels = 3.9Mw output which is also a huge amount of space. Not something I would suggest. Help save a lot of ignium I agree. But is it really necessary to have so many large solar panels to take up a large area ?
Which takes up 5x5 squares.

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solar and batteries are the best endgame once the night time hits it uses stored energy to power everything touching the grid

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

I notice the size of the Large Solar panel just for 650kw output is a lot of space to cover for endgame. So 6 x solar panels = 3.9Mw output which is also a huge amount of space. Not something I would suggest. Help save a lot of ignium I agree. But is it really necessary to have so many large solar panels to take up a large area to !
Which takes up 5x5 squares.

Yes, it takes up a large area. So just fly somewhere out of the way and lay out a massive area of foundation and put em all down.

Or instead maybe automate the fuel cans and feed them to the boilers to save ignium at the expense of oil and ferrite. There's a loss of about 30% of the fuel value from the processing but it's still pretty good.

My point is another way, Fuel cans you need in late game, you don't want to blow them in boilers. Thought a nuclear power station save a lot of space but you need to feed them with Plutonium Fuel Rod which may need vein for uranium.

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Originally posted by lll SMACKED lll:

solar and batteries are the best endgame once the night time hits it uses stored energy to power everything touching the grid

I agree, but like I said a lot of space and unnecessary, the thought of another way.

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

I agree, but like I said a lot of space and unnecessary, the thought of another way.

if you dislike the idea of eternal free energy once built, then sure
yes there's an upfront cost in construction time, but it never needs maintenance after

So if we take away all the nuclear energy on the plant where would you put all the solar panels and solar wind mills, Yes I now its a game. But save the space. This is a point I am trying to come across.

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With the unlimited map size, space is the cheapest thing in the game which makes solar the best option in any ways. And the game does not have a support mechanism which means you can basically put blocks in mid-air, this would allow you to put tons of solars over the biomes that is difficult to build such as mountains, just put several floating foundations over the mountains and building solar on it

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

But save the space. This is a point I am trying to come across.

there's no space to 'save'. Think vertically
you can build up to y255
just designate a spot for solar and build a giant platform at y240 or whatever
you are taking advantage of the jetpack to make a multi layer factory, yes?

What can I say love the look of that, great design. what can i say lol
I think that there no more comment on this topic, without some serious thought.

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

What can I say love the look of that, great design. what can i say lol
I think that there no more comment on this topic, without some serious thought.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.
Please elaborate.

Dumping solar panels from 1 to 255 vertical I mean how does the sun rays get to the solar panels. Might as well put solar panels in a warehouse. So I will not comment on stupid idea anymore.

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One last comment, Solar panels is good for places where you need to long distance placement not to power a whole industry. Like for Vein extraction.

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

Dumping solar panels from 1 to 255 vertical I mean how does the sun rays get to the solar panels. Might as well put solar panels in a warehouse. So I will not comment on stupid idea anymore.

wow, you completely misinterpreted what I wrote
did you even see this line? just designate a spot for solar and build a giant platform at y240 or whatever
vertically = up
giant platform = horizontal area up from the ground

I see what you mean , but what a mess a platform vertical up like that.

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Originally posted by MiniHerc:

i regret ever replying to your posts

it's obvious that our thoughts about factory design are completely incompatible

I think the factory design of vertical solar panels is a mess to the game and planet.
There needs to be a better way.

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Originally posted by INTRO Maxumous:

I think the factory design of vertical solar panels is a mess to the game and planet.
There needs to be a better way.

That wording is strange though, they didn't mean vertical but horizontal solar panel setup, just on very high altitude. You'll need elevator or something to connect the power down.

Of course you can also build a large platform somewhere further away where you aren't planning to build anything else.

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Mass spamming the first solar panels enough to cover all your energy needs when the panels are 30% effective and above. Dont worry about batteries. Power your entire base with solar from about 9am till about 7pm.

This simply means you are not using fuel during that time, about a 40% savings. Well worth it solars are cheap.

You could potentially have enough solars and batteries to make it through the night but its a lot of batteries.

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Originally posted by Mosby:

Mass spamming the first solar panels enough to cover all your energy needs when the panels are 30% effective and above. Dont worry about batteries. Power your entire base with solar from about 9am till about 7pm.

This simply means you are not using fuel during that time, about a 40% savings. Well worth it solars are cheap.

You could potentially have enough solars and batteries to make it through the night but its a lot of batteries.

Yeah I seen the solar batteries he got setup on a jpeg its crazy. But at the moment the saving will help until they work on the power issue, which I hope in future development will sort out. If you noticed he wasn't helping but think he knows better and looks like he got deleted with his spam.

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i got 350 large solar panels and 150000mj of saved energy with 40 steam turbines all set up away from my base and this can power my hole base 10x...............