Use this as some kind of emergency backup,ġ. Now, in your situation, assuming you never build a working petrol boiler before, I would actually recommend to build an oil refinery and refine and store some petrol first. This is especially useful when taking down fuel production or power plants for replacement or modernisation or to bridge time until a new power source is build. While being gradually phased out by more efficient generators, the coal plants will always serve as a backup power source in case there's a shortage of some other fuel. It will be used more less throughout the whole playthrough. Just put them somewhere out of the way and deconstruct them again, when petrol power is available.įor the next time around, some more planning can prevent situations like this.įor example, I always massively oversize my very first coal power plant. If power shortage is a bigger problem, then building some temporary generators (coal is always a nice option) might be good idea to bridge the time. I'd try to save some power for the few cycles it takes for my build to complete, for example by shutting down power hungry recreation buildings for a while or stopping to refine metal, if I still have enough. Normally I'd say, if your petrol boiler and power plant is almost ready, it may not be worth it to setup something else. Originally posted by appear this building only convert crude oil with 50% efficiency while eating it own share of electricity.It also requires dupe labor, in case you are looking for another disadvantage.Īs for your question, the right way to go from here depends on a lot of circumstances.

Oxygen not included steam power