Transport Fever 2

Transport Fever 2

Yeol's Senseless Industries
GordonDry 26 Feb, 2021 @ 6:44am
Aluminium smelter and copper mill do not need coal?
Is this intended or a forgotten leftover?

Or is it planned that they use another energy source in a future update, like oil?
(kind of replacement for "electricity")
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Yeol  [developer] 26 Feb, 2021 @ 7:00am 
Aluminium is an electrolysis process, and does not need an organic fuel, just electricity. Copper mills work in general with gas, some with coal dust (if I'm correct). I could add oil or coal if you think it represents better the process. What do you think?
GordonDry 26 Feb, 2021 @ 7:26am 
Well, at least it should use any energy source, so if coal dust is for copper mill let it use coal as well.

And as a replacement for the electricity the aluminium smelter uses (from 1850 on?) it could be oil, but oil is not available yet.
It could™ use "crude oil" but only until 1900 and for a lower efficiency and with "waste" as additional output... from 1900 on it uses oil and gets more output and no waste anymore - how about that?
Yeol  [developer] 26 Feb, 2021 @ 7:58am 
I'll add coal for the copper mill. Feels right. But I'm not convinced about oil for the aluminium smelter. Electricity is not a thing in this game. Hmmm.. I'll let it rest for the moment, until a better solution presents itself. Thanks for the input, GordonDry. ;)
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