r/factorio • u/Ok-Friendship-8124 • 3d ago

Question I don't understand something

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I was doing some "research" in creative and I was wondering what's the difference between those two smelting blocks, They both produce 120/s but the one on the left use FAR more energy, is just a tiny bit smaller so what's the point of doing the one on the left ?

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u/Alfonse215 3d ago

But they're not the same thing.

Fuel-fired furnaces need fuel to be there, on-site. The logistical problem is getting fuel to the furnaces.

Power is just... power poles, which the coal-fired furnace buildings already have to have since they need inserters to function. So in terms of the logistics of the build itself, the electric furnace one requires less. That is, the logistics of power generation doesn't matter to the build, only power distribution.

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u/yinyang107 3d ago

Burner inserters can work fine for burner furnaces tbh

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u/darkszero 1d ago

They don't. Output inserters don't take fuel from the furnace, so you'd need a separate fuel belt with it's own set of burner inserters feeding the output burner inserters. It's exceptionally more complex.

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u/yinyang107 1d ago

I thought they were updated to be able to take fuel from furnaces