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Energy crisis

#1
What happens when a planet's energy production falls below the amount consumed by its resource production buildings, that is, when the Total for the Energy column is displayed in red on the Resources page?

I know I can adjust resource production to bring energy used down to the amount being produced, but what happens while total energy is in the red? Is resource production cut automatically? Any other ill effects?
Ming, Emperor of Mongo, Chastiser of Worlds

Re: Energy crisis

#2
Nah no other effects.
Just mines production is cutted low.
They produce less than their potential.
That said, you can always use solar sats and fusion reactors.
Solar sats works more efficiently in hot planets and cold planets make more deut thus makes more sense to use higher levels of fusion.
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Re: Energy crisis

#4
I would think that a hotter planet means better solar plants.

I know solar satellites is tied to how hot the planet is.

But I wouldn't build solar satelittes until you have enough resources to build level 2 grav tech. (Have someone crash you as too many sats attract people in search of easy resources and attacker points.)

You can lower your mines production if you are in red, add some solar plants, solar sats (Though risky as described above), or use fusion reactors to get more energy :)


Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
Sun Tzu

Re: Energy crisis

#5
You missed a 'nt' Vixie...
You actually meant you "wouldn't think that a hotter planet means better solar planets"..
Doesn't make sense I know, but gozars fleet fit on a single moon.
There are even stranger things in zorg universe...
(Don't tell anyone I told you this, but there's a black hole at beginning of world's that swallows all approved game implementation.. last thing I saw going through it was an elite recycler)
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” -Rumi
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