Rain water collector block plz
Considered (Not Planned)
Hi, we're (eventually) going to get water, and we already have rain. I would like to request that we combine these features somewhat and have a conveyor-ready rainwater collector. When you're lucky enough to be on a planet where liquid water comes out of the sky for free, it feels a shame to not be able to turn that rain into rocket fuel.
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I mean, rain barrel anyone?
I mean, rain barrel anyone?
Rainwater collection makes sense in dry regions of worlds that still experience rain, yeah.
Other technologies we could exploit; collecting oxygen runoff from smelting rocks/ores; many, many minerals, especially the metals we want, come in an oxidized/rusted state naturally. In space, on worlds without significant atmospheric oxygen or water access, it makes perfect sense to trap and repurpose the gasses produced by your industrial activities. Waste not, Want not.
Rocks can have small amounts of water trapped in them as well; that'll boil off when you grind it up and heat it to melting. Trap that.
You can acquire methane, ammonia, CO2, basically everything you need to get terraforming and agriculture going besides phosphorus (which you could be mining for), from trapped deposits in minerals on worlds where they're otherwise scarce, it's all going to be byproducts from mineral extraction.
We should just be able to hook up the appropriate storage tanks to the same conveyor system as your smelter/refinery, and they should very slowly be filling with useful products.
We should also be looking for phosphate deposits; something we absolutely have to have for Earthly life (to make ATP to power your cells), and thus our fertilizers for growing crops.
Rainwater collection makes sense in dry regions of worlds that still experience rain, yeah.
Other technologies we could exploit; collecting oxygen runoff from smelting rocks/ores; many, many minerals, especially the metals we want, come in an oxidized/rusted state naturally. In space, on worlds without significant atmospheric oxygen or water access, it makes perfect sense to trap and repurpose the gasses produced by your industrial activities. Waste not, Want not.
Rocks can have small amounts of water trapped in them as well; that'll boil off when you grind it up and heat it to melting. Trap that.
You can acquire methane, ammonia, CO2, basically everything you need to get terraforming and agriculture going besides phosphorus (which you could be mining for), from trapped deposits in minerals on worlds where they're otherwise scarce, it's all going to be byproducts from mineral extraction.
We should just be able to hook up the appropriate storage tanks to the same conveyor system as your smelter/refinery, and they should very slowly be filling with useful products.
We should also be looking for phosphate deposits; something we absolutely have to have for Earthly life (to make ATP to power your cells), and thus our fertilizers for growing crops.
Thanks for the idea it’s been considered, but it’s not planned for near-term development.
We agree it fits thematically, especially once water systems are fully in place, but it would need careful balancing to avoid turning environmental resources into fully automated production chains.
We’ll keep it in mind for future system expansions.
Arron
Community Manager
Thanks for the idea it’s been considered, but it’s not planned for near-term development.
We agree it fits thematically, especially once water systems are fully in place, but it would need careful balancing to avoid turning environmental resources into fully automated production chains.
We’ll keep it in mind for future system expansions.
Arron
Community Manager
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