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I have literal oceans of heavy oil, but I still need water to make rocket fuel?

There has to be a better way to make rocket fuel than melting ice....

Anyone find a clever solution?

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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It works well enough for me. Remember you can also have a space station parked and drop infinite ice from space. :)

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes... The space platform... If you didn't forget to pack enough ammo for the round trip...

Rest in peace, space platform Ometic.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

His legacy will live on as iron chunks for the next space platform to harvest. Immortality in the cause of the expanding factory.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For now I got way too much ice so... Don't worry too much about it.

[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That was my thought also with over 25k ice. I am all out now :(

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

The sushi belt must grow then.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope, melting ice. Remember that you can void basically anything by feeding it into a recycler facing another recycler that feed into each other. I would recommend buffering things like processing units before they hit the void though lol.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I currently have a sushi belt setup for scrap processing that put all the overflow into a recycler to put it back in the belt. Depending on the setup, it might be easier

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

That’s a good idea! I’m gonna steal it when I return to ramp up Fulgoran production, perhaps with some circuitry, perhaps not. Personally I’m thinking of having all factories branch off of the main scrap line with filter splitters.