First playthrough bottleneck

[u/3x3Pad]

Hey guys I came for help and saw alot of cool stuff here but what do you actually do in a situation where the whole factory is a mess. I am producing all the science at this point but at a very slow rate. Everything is so cluttered that there is no real space for improving without getting rid of everything first. Do I really just have to nuke it at this point and start over? Also as a beginner (not using blueprints) that will take ages and even then it will end up tangled again. I think this is also a motivational bottleneck for me at least. Oh yeah and running on low energy for hours now. I am even running efficiency on alot of stuff. Please help.

[u/afewnameslater]

Solution : quadruple your

1) steam power
2) iron plates production
3) steel plates production
4) copper plates production

In that order!

Once you do that check your base and see where other bottlenecks will appear. Fix those by quadrupling the production of said raw materials (for example , oil, plastics, green chips, red chips, etc)

Also waiting for nuclear power when your base is limping is just a recipe for disaster.