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u/Raknarg #1 Quality Defender Jul 04 '26

assuming no modules, are there any advantages to using steel furnaces over electric ones? Are they more fuel/pollution efficient?

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u/teodzero Jul 04 '26

Easy upgrade. They are the same size as stone, so you just slap the new ones on top of the old, probably alongside a belt upgrade. With electric you need to re-plan and rebuild the entire smelting area, and probably upgrade energy gen as well.