it isnt the realism that bothers me. it is just the fact, that the belts dont need energy at all. why do the other machines need energy then? and you can not tell me that it would be annoying to put some wood in an early small belt system what you just need to do once. you have electricity very ...

Basic belts don't use energy for an extremely good reason: it benefits the gameplay.

I can't see how my suggestions would worsen the gameplay. If the player has no electricity it would be no big deal to put some wood or coal in only one fired belt to power a whole chain of many belt segments. And ...

It is very illogical that the belts dont need some sort of power supply. If belts dont need energy to create a force, they could be used to generate unlimited free energy and coal would be worthless.
I think belt energy consumption should be added to the game, because the fact that it breaks the ...