I agree with what seems to be the vast majority both here and on Reddit--the changes as proposed won't produce the desired improvement for new players, and will only serve to frustrate experienced players. Honestly I don't buy the idea that fluid handling is so difficult as to be the "wall" with oil ...

Have you talked to Simdezimon (maker of the Nuclear Power mod)? His nuclear reactor sprite is excellent, and he's also implemented steam and steam-powered engines (510kW) and turbines (5.1MW).

Any chance you can break the mod up into the different parts? I'm just interested in trying out the super/alien belts.

I would definitely require the flame tank to require a base tank in the recipe, or alternatively just copy the tank recipe and add a flamethrower into it.

EDIT: Actually, I'd say the recipe should be base tank + flamethrower turret. Seems like an appropriate cost for something this powerful.

And I ...

If you consume 1W of power for 1 hour, it would be 3600 Joules consumed in that hour.

...yes, that's how unit conversion works.

It was basically done for one reason only... so that your electric meter doesn't show stupid big numbers.

No, it was done because it eliminates an unnecessary unit ...

Could you explain why you need two bars?

I think this response from ribsngibs explains things from the layman's POV pretty well:

Demand is a constantly moving target--it's not a fixed condition to satisfy and move on.

Are you arguing that because your maximum power generation capacity does ...

Wait. What? No. The confusion exists because there are two bars which for all intents and purposes appear to be exactly the same. The descriptors don't mean a damn thing nor do they have any bearing on the discussion. The problem is that a player looks at the power bars, looks again, and is STILL ...

To me, the fact that you can never have excess power production is why a simple bar makes sense - there is no need to differentiate between "extra production" and "extra capacity". I mean, functionally there is no difference between not generating power over demand or generating the power and ...

Honestly, I think the proposals here are overdoing it. The main confusion seems to stem from the use of the terms "Production" and "Consumption", and players drawing an incorrect parallel with physical production like the factory outputs. Power production, both in Factorio and in real life, always ...