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Multiblock solar power station #344

Open silinarii opened 2 years ago

silinarii commented 2 years ago

Describe the feature you'd like

Solar heliostat mirrors to aim at a tower to heat sodium to superheated sodium be used for boiler as an alternate to the fusion reactor for those that aren't planning to use radioactive power

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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beholderface commented 2 years ago

You're probably thinking of the fission reactor. While fusion requires polonium to craft the frames, the multiblock itself is completely safe unless you somehow end up inside it while it's running.

silinarii commented 2 years ago

Likely said the wrong word for the reactor but what I mean is there are users who won't use a reactor that will explode and toxify their world even for the sake of getting past it to late game. A solar heliostat multi lock power station would give people an additional option beyond making they explode multi lock for to get steam or superheated sodium

silinarii commented 2 years ago

Especially when the radioactivity doesn't go away for so long

ghost commented 2 years ago

If you use redstone control things to shut down the reactor when them temperature gets too high, you can have a completely safe reactor. (But you could still irradiate your world with bad nuclear waste disposal)

silinarii commented 2 years ago

I understand how to deal with radiation the point is not to have to deal

silinarii commented 2 years ago

Further clarification. This is a system of mirrors (heliostat) that are aligned to point their light at the same location which heats sodium to superheated state where you then pump it into a boiler to make steam and return the cooled sodium to the solar tower to be reheated

Mazlem commented 2 years ago

This would be really cool!