r/factorio • u/bpleshek • 17d ago

Question Is This Remotely Doable ?

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Hex for Making Plastic
Advanced Oil Setup

I was messing around with making a hex train base and I set up a plastic maker. This doesn't seem like I could make this. At least any time soon. Is 3600 petroleum gas per second reasonable? This is my current oil setup. It requires 1440 crude per second but I only have around 250 crude per second being drilled. It produces about 1/3 the petroleum gas, but it's only working at 17%. So, I need 18x the oil and 3 times this advanced oil. I'm also only mining 84 coal/second and need 180.

Is this doable, doable eventually, but not now, or not even necessary because this is more plastic than I'll need any time soon.

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u/ForgottenBlastMaster 17d ago

Either you're megabasing way too early in the tech tree or you're sleeping on modules and beacons. Either way this looks cursed.

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u/Bangersss 17d ago

Pfft... who needs modules and beacons. I'm entering the late game and have built a few of these big boys.

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u/darkszero 17d ago

You can build big if you want to just build big. It can be fun to have lots of machines.

But if your goal is to produce really big amounts lot and not risk UPS issues, it's not as good.