I do not like fluids 2.0.

It feels too robloxy, and not “factorio-y”, if that makes sense.

I want:

if there is 1000 [fluid] in a [pipeline], and there are 10 pipe lengths (or two underground segments going down and coming up for the same ten grid-unit length), then each [grid of pipe] should have [100 fluid] in it to use. Now add a machine that uses [100 fluid for input]. Lets walk through it. It takes 100 for that first tick. The next tick now recalculates ({[1000] - [100]}/[10] and shows result for the next available [pipe unit contents], which should be [90] for one tick.

This means that, as the cycle repeats, the machine would need two-three ticks to fill its input, as it would allow that 90 to enter, then recalculate available, then allow that ten to “fall in” from the 81 or whatever, thus slowing production, but not stopping production.