Stocking up makes no sense in Factorio, it's more about a steady flow of resources, keeping up with the demand. The stock will mean nothing if you can't keep it up. You should keep a small buffer to compensate for fluctuations, but anything above that is actually just a frozen asset, that could be used more effectively elsewhere. I don't want to be rude, just wanted to point that out. Have a good day fellow Engineer!
Lol, I know. Just want to make a joke about way too many shiny green rocks.
Ok, I can sleep peacefully then 🥰
Building on this good advice, the appropriate size of that "small buffer" is a function of your usage rate and of how quickly you can respond to incidents: When your Uranium patch runs dry, how quickly can you tap another one, and how much nuclear fuel will be used from your buffer in that time?
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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