maybe there should be alchemy

[piggy2]

i think if factorio had alchemy it would be fun for example:i need copper plates but all ive got are wires! or i need more iron but all i have is copper! so maybe this would be a fun little thing.

[cpy]

I guess you can get some fusion reactor and do some futuristic fusion to get iron out of copper, or split iron atoms into copper atoms. Though i feel both tasks would cost a bit insane amount of energy to be viable.