The Youtuber who goes by “TotalXclipse” posted a useful video recently about how to get 4x the generators out of a given amount of Crude Oil compared to using default recipes. Which is to say, normally your 300m3/min extracted oil ends up powering 10 Fuel-powered Generators. By adding a fair chunk of additional hardware (and unlocking two key alternate recipes) you can get that headcount up to 40 instead.

So after years of playing this game and knowing that “everyone says” the Diluted Packaged Fuel alternate recipe is the key to great power (great responsibility is optional) and armed with a fresh how-to, I decided to give it a try.

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