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[Idea] Early game energy sources (Oil)

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In SE1, you start off with 3 sources of energy: hydrogen, solar and wind, but in the end game, you have that plus a reactor (simplified)

In SE2, with the addition of water, I think it would be a great addition of more energy sources in particular in the form of oil and petroleum. Water just opens the door to different fluids like oil mentioned in the post, with different textures, density, flammability (off the top of my head)

Akin to the real world, this would be a great early game addition for you to get an energy source going, although it would be costly with a limited supply and a much higher risk of explosions, which can prompt you to get started quick but get to an alternative energy source quickly.

Or it can make it more practical to have such a fuel source for wheeled vehicles such as rovers, in atmospheres.

The reason I say this is, there are hydrogen engines, which look like conventional petrol (or diesel) engines, but actually no conventional petrol engines.

In my mind, the steps for energy in a survival should be oil (early game) > wind/solar (mid game) > hydrogen/nuclear (end game)

And it opens the other door to cool weapons like flamethrowers

(Also something something america, bald eagle saying rahh or whatever)

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Deon Beauchamp ●

'How dare you!, but yes, oil and its derivatives would be good.

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Dmitry Nesterov ●

Considering that the game will now have water, why not add other liquids? In the form of oil. That was interesting, to say the least.

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Semtex ●

Why add another liquid?

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

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Deon Beauchamp ●

This is not about perfection, this is about struggle and achievement, and a lot of time wasting having fun.

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Deon Beauchamp ●

Could wood be an energy source as well.

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Dmitry Nesterov ●

In the first part, the player could, at most, cut down a standing tree. But to use it? No, it was a purely decorative object. But if the player could build a furnace and throw wood into it to get energy for his base at the very beginning, it would be an exciting process. Then, along the technological chain, he would discover energy from oil, solar, wind energy, and finally nuclear, maybe even thermonuclear (without thermonuclear, using a jump engine is problematic).

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Semtex ●

For the existence of crude oil, the planet must have a suitable geological history and a suitable age.

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Deon Beauchamp ●

Hmm, how so?

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Semtex ●

Basically, the question is whether the crude oil is of biological or abiotic origin...

The theory of biological origin (vulgarly and inaccurately "fermented dinosaurs") is the mainstream, the theory of abiotic origin is mainly held in Russia (since the time of Mendeleev).

Regardless of origin - the tectonics of the planet must allow for the creation of "traps", spaces and areas in the rock mass, bounded by impermeable bedrock and overburden, where crude oil and natural gas are trapped, collected and maintained over time. And these are long-term and slow processes.

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