Hmm, and without counting the drain itself, would you say I may have better performance with or without the water?
I like the idea of a waterless ocean mountain-y landscape, but if its gonna cause performance issues during and after the drain, I might as well just move somewhere else.
You can name the turtles via the label command. I forget the exact syntax but believe it is something like "label set Bob". Melee turtles have the standard 16 slot inventory which is at the lower right of the GUI when you right-click them. I have heard that minium shards will not drop from turtle kills, however I have no experience with this since the pack I use (Mindcrack) does not have EE.
It's like a filter, and for waterproof it holds 4x more than wood waterproof.
Power Converters also lets you convert steam into MJ or EU respectively. So, with an Extreme Voltage (although a lower voltage might work) EU Producer and a Steam Consumer, you should be able to get something equivalent to the 2:5 MJ to EU ratio (if not a smidge better- the power converters don't quite use that ratio), but without having to mess with so many pipes/liquiducts, steam engines, or lossy conduits.
I think the emerald transport pipe is similar to a Redpower filter- you can specify what items to pull, and it won't pull anything else; and the emerald waterproof pipe is a wooden waterproof pipe with the capacity of gold.
