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I wonder if we will be able to use the lava to produce steam for power. They've shown some new machines, but to actually produce the electricity is something that would also be interesting to see. If you first come to the planet entirely unprepared, will you be able to build your way back up to another rocket, or will you have to die to respawn on Nauvis?
A dev mentioned in the reddit fff thread that the sulfuric acid is turned into 500deg steam instead of directly into water, so that could probably be used with a turbine for power. Whether its worth it factoring in the materials used to turn acid to steam is a different story
Link would be nice :)
But otherwise, it may of course be that they still decide that the temperature of the planet is 500°C as well, and then the steam would be useless for generating power.
Good point, I completely forgot the power comes from a difference in temperature. Not sure what the link is anymore sadly