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This isn't even the best example of how well this can work, the battery can be integrated into the steam room and the new timer sensor makes it possible for the tepidiser to become active for a split second every other second if you just set it to red and green, no matter how hot the temperature gets as it activates for that split sceond before realising that the surrounding temperature is too hot and it should not activate. But this has always existed, ever since the introduction of the current steam turbine because the tepidizer creates like x4 as much heat as it takes power for some bizarre reason but cuts at 85C, which is a pretty stupid truncation on something that could be balanced correctly in the more obvious and more sensical manner (producing 960kDtus instead of 4000-something kDtus for 960w of power, which would actually be better for some builds as it tends to heat up liquids too fast sometimes). If you use this setup, power is just a minor inconvenience, much like slimelung. I really wish Klei would patch stuff like this but not in such a way that leaves other mechanics that you have to use being annoying. At this point you can just use this for power, planter-pot exploit or starvation ranching with shove voles for food and (at the significant cost of duplicant labor) put duplicants in oxygen masks as when those run out, during out-of-breath animations with those on, they will consume no oxygen. What is the point of all the intricate mechanics when exploits like this make the regular game effectively debug mode? I have to actively try to avoid the want to use exploits because they are so convenient in the long term and trying to do things without them becomes a chore of micro-management. It's like choosing between putting a whole bunch of temp shift plates in an industrial sauna every other tile to save on half the resources used or just spamming them on every single tile because it's easier and more fun when you do it at the cost of more resources, except the latter costs less somehow and now there is only the incentive to do the latter and then the whole game falls apart unless you install mods or something to try and limit yourself properly. Klei, please address these exploits, there are simple solutions to fixing them!