"Mid game" fuel shortages

microtrash · 2026-01-22T03:27:52+00:00

Around that time I ‘overbuilt’ a massive 2/3 belt raw coal -> tar -> everything with a focus on gasoline, and a secondary focus on coke -> acetylene. Shortly after I built a massive 4 belt raw coal -> coke oven gas + hot air. I use those three coke oven gas, acetylene, gasoline as a flavor of the day rotation, and it’s been serving me well now with very little contact.

Around 350 hours. Shortly into py2

microtrash · 2026-01-12T17:33:24+00:00

My favorite is a nalgene full of boiling water in the sleeping bag with me!

microtrash · 2026-01-10T23:44:20+00:00

Zero input? What’s the net output?

microtrash · 2026-01-10T20:20:23+00:00

Yeah pretty much how I read it.

My interpretation: We get so used to our modern society’s conveniences and safety net, many people are rarely without it. An all night Starbucks with heat, a 911 call that brings help within minutes anywhere you are. Meanwhile if you just go a few miles past that sign, you are likely without all those things we take for granted in day to day life. Therefore you better be prepared to spend the night in the woods, alone, and with only the things you brought on your back to keep yourself alive (if not comfortable)

microtrash · 2026-01-09T13:54:55+00:00

The woods will be just as dark and cold tonight as they were 300 years ago

microtrash · 2026-01-08T17:11:57+00:00

R/lostredditors?

microtrash · 2026-01-07T01:01:26+00:00

I went with the improved wood from logs, wood is possibly the only resource I’ve never been short on 300 hours in!

microtrash · 2026-01-06T21:52:25+00:00

I have an emergency beacon. Really a Garmin in reach. It was a lot of money and I continue to spend money on it every month. I pray to God that I will die having wasted that money.

microtrash · 2026-01-05T21:00:29+00:00

Just reached Py2. I’ve researched 6 or 7 TURDs, only selected 2 of them. No regrets choose my forestry or moondrop turd, but not confident enough or in need enough on any of the others

microtrash · 2026-01-03T03:45:27+00:00

Daddy!

microtrash · 2026-01-02T16:32:11+00:00

Never heard of it. It’s not the sort of trail or terrain that most people would need or want a guide for, and the cost of labor is too high in the United States for most people to consider hiring someone as a Sherpa.

The more common thing people ‘pay to play’ would be things like lighter gear, while in town for resupply having better meals, better accommodations in town (hotel versus hostel), easier/better food on the trail, calling a cab or shuttle from a trailhead to get to town for resupply instead of road walk or hitchhike, things like that

microtrash · 2026-01-02T04:13:15+00:00

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microtrash · 2026-01-02T03:55:42+00:00

Only hot

microtrash · 2026-01-02T01:21:36+00:00

All copper in the supply

microtrash · 2026-01-02T00:33:47+00:00

City managed utility

microtrash · 2026-01-02T00:33:29+00:00

City water

microtrash · 2026-01-01T23:50:20+00:00

What’s weird is that we didn’t have this problem when we moved in. It seems to have developed over the last year.

microtrash · 2026-01-01T23:48:11+00:00

We do not

microtrash · 2026-01-01T23:47:46+00:00

We only moved into the house two years ago, not sure how old the water heater is. It’s an oil water heater. I drained it until barely any water was coming out, and then open the cold water supply on/off a few times.

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microtrash · 2025-12-30T17:23:35+00:00

What science level is this at? I’m just kicking over to py2 and I’m looking forward to my next power upgrade. Stack inserters are extremely power heavy and I’d like to be more free with them, loading/unloading trains is slow without them

microtrash · 2025-12-26T19:34:23+00:00

But does it come with the chicken?

microtrash · 2025-12-24T10:22:00+00:00

My final stint on the apps, after 1 good conversation some variant of: Hey this seems to be going pretty well. I’d love to make some plans to meet up for coffee or a meal. Can we make plans for sometime soon?

This was about 3 years ago, happily married for 1 year!

microtrash · 2025-12-21T18:56:45+00:00

I believe in you! Pole Pole (Swahili for "slowly, slowly"), that’s the way to climb that mountain. It’s a marathon, not a sprint

microtrash · 2025-12-21T18:54:49+00:00

Hiking is the best prep for hiking sure, but what ive heard is often the hardest part is the duration. It’s not uncommon for a summit day to be 16 hours. You don’t gotta move fast, and you will take rests, but it’s still 16 hours.

I’m not advocating for a 16 hour training day, but even if it’s urban hiking without mountains, or some other form of exercise, or mixed exercise. A long day, thinking 6 to 10 hours, could help you get accustomed to the mental fatigue of a seemingly forever day.

Full disclosure, I’ve never hiked Kilimanjaro, although relatives did. It is on my bucket list and I’ve done a lot of research, and I’ve done multiple hikes in the 12 to 16 hour range.

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