no I did not select the wrong community, I meant for this to be posted here
Secret Third Option: barrels moved by belt
Barrels moved by individual flying logistics robots.
This is my flame turret strategy.
Bots deliver to the wall, then pipe the length of the wall.
You are a monster.
Trains. Even if it’s a short -ish distance it’s still usually worth it to set up the input station so it’s easier to add another field later. Plus, trains are fun. Choo choo.
… In all seriousness, looks like an interesting video!
God damnit, I was was seriousposting. I’ll just include that below:
Factoriopost: If it is not extremely close to the base, then train as you will almost certainly need more oil later so you got to set that shit up anyway.
Seriouspost: If the goal is to move oil, then pipelines don’t require burning even more fossil fuels, have less spills per unit moved, and are much cheaper per unit moved.
In the video he makes the point that we shouldn’t be making it cheaper to take oil out of the ground.
What are you, a biter?
Figuratively speaking, yes.
Also literally.
