r/factorio • u/Jaherogr8 • 5d ago

Discussion Why are belts working without electricity? (Just wrong answers)

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u/not_a_bot_494 big base low tech 5d ago

They actually use 500w, they just use the motion of the belts to generate 500w so it cancels out.

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u/GingerWithFreckles 5d ago

Perpetiulum mobile or whateveryouspellthatmagicfuckery

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u/kineticPhoton 5d ago

perpetule mobile

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u/Alarmed-Ask-2387 4d ago

Parental Missionary

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u/MrBlaTi 1d ago

Papillum modulo

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u/SheriffGiggles 5d ago

making a 1GW power planet but it's thousands of yellow belts

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u/WaxenSs 4d ago

Factorio has just created unlimited electricity 😱😱😱

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u/Mailman9 4d ago

Physicists hate this one trick!

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u/SlaveToo 4d ago

Given the way hot fluids behave on aquilo the idea of a belt being 100% efficient isn't that far fetched