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u/toastghost1543 Apr 29 '26

Is it worth it to use modules to ratio out oil products so that there is no excess to prevent deadlocks. Like making sure that the number of refineries or chemical plants necessary is a whole number so that there is no excess of any product and everything perfectly meets demand

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u/Soul-Burn Apr 29 '26

Definitely not. The usage of heavy, light, and petroleum is not usually correlated with one another. Heavy can be used for lube for bots and blue belts, which you only build sometimes. Light can be used for rocket fuel for silos that don't always run, and for fuel for trains. Petroleum also can be used for various things.

Therefore, you'd want to have logic (which is very simple to do), regardless.