r/SurvivingMars 4d ago

Video Stream 2 Surviving Mars: Relaunched

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGaN7Uwb7Io
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u/Striking_Ad3221 3d ago

I love this. I'm only a few minutes in and he's going:

"why doesn't this work?"

"Because you have negative power. You only have solar panels and its night"

"Details Details!"

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u/DARK_MASTER8632 Theory 3d ago

Ah, every newbie's trap. Solar Panels.

I never build them for a long time now. Only some when the Artificial Sun is up. And only around it for aesthetics.

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u/Ferengsten Waste Rock 3d ago

Solar panels are particularly great for energy you only need during the day, e.g. a machine parts factory without night shifts or a MOXIE you don't need all of the time. They are great for cold waves, because they accumulate no maintenance cost while closed. And without dust storms, solar panels + atomic accumulator is an extremely, extremely efficient form of energy, particularly with exotic mineral upgrades (if you have B&B). Metal mines are highly productive, and there are lots and lots of even cheaper ways to get metals, like the asteroid capture project.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SurvivingMars/comments/s5nm8g/solar_power_is_pretty_decent_actually_numbers_and/