>>526881942
>I don't know why you think moving iron in a pipe is the move
molten iron *is* the move my man
think of this
pipes take iron to make iron
moving iron literally just costs iron
and again, there is basically no other requirement for molten iron other than borax
trains are still HELLA expensive by py1 and require you to set up fish farms, on top of tin and lead for the rails etc
this is far, FAR cheaper by this point in the game and also
>pipes aren't that convenient after a while
I think when I'm at that point where you're going to make more than 1200 units of molten iron a second I'm gonna have bigger fish to fry, but I do look forward to having a tailings storage pond of molten iron though.
>honestly it never occurred to me to even try
trick here is that you gotta remember belts take copper AND iron (and in fact I have to set up a new copper mine right about now because I'm fresh out of my starter patch and the closest one is 500+ meters away and that one is going to be annoying) while iron? Moving molten iron over long distances just costs iron.