[shhsshs]

As someone with no real-world petrochemistry experience, but much gaming experience, I was very surprised how familiar the crude oil processing diagram looks. Factorio and GregTech are two prime examples of fairly realistic oil processing lines (probably as accurate as any game would reasonably try to be).

[FumblingBear]

I was thinking the same thing! Having played through Factorio and a fair amount of GregTech really reframed my viewpoint on energy production that a huge part of the benefit of fossil fuels is the byproducts, not just raw energy output.

[triceratops]

All the more reason to save fossil fuels instead of burning them for energy.

[protocolture]

>triceratops

Hurry up and become crude oil.

[damnitbuilds]

Very good.

Why I still come here.

[triceratops]

Lol

[KolibriFly]

Factory games are weirdly good at teaching the "shape" of these systems

[addybojangles]

ABSOLUTELY first thing that popped into my head, too.

Fantastic read.