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" This game made me empathize less and less with environmentalists. Forests are an impediment to a transport network. Wildlife are pests. Renewable energy has extremely low ROI."

It's funny you should say that. I noticed that nuclear energy in Factorio is waste-free, and (at least without mods) there's no risk of a nuclear reactor suffering a meltdown and massively damaging large areas of your base.

Also, it was interesting to see just how massive a solar panel array you'd have to have in order to match even a coal power plant, never mind a small nuclear power plant.

On the other hand, Factorio's factories pollute, and fighting hard to reduce pollution is a major part of the game.




>"No risk" Well if a biter manages to kill the reactor while it's hot I think it explodes. But that's unlikely to happen unless lots of things go wrong.




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