What to do with creosote

[Someone Else 37]

When the liquid fueled boiler is at max temp, does it decrease the amount of creosote it consumes? I though 12 coke ovens would be enough to keep it supplied, but I'm using creosote faster than I'm making it. I really don't want to have to make more coke ovens.

The hotter RC boilers are, the slower they consume fuel for the same rate of steam production. I know this holds true for solid-fueled boilers; I see no reason why it should be any different for liquid-fueled boilers.

Also, Railcraft adds a Firestone that can be charged by throwing it into a lava lake, then placed into a boiler to heat it up much more quickly than just burning fuel normally would. For solid-fueled boilers, the firestone can be placed directly in the fuel slot; I don't know if there's a way to get it to heat liquid-fueled boilers.

 

[KingTriaxx]

There isn't. Not unless you use it to power a steam dynamo to refine oil into fuel to heat the liquid boiler.

 

[ZTB23]

I thought of the fire stone, but in order to get it I need magical drops from mariculture, and I can't seem to catch the fish that I need that drop them. I need the magic drops to make the tier 3 magic mirror to enchant a piece of mariculture jewelry for lava protection. Trying to get those magic drops isn't fun. I need to breed up to better fish, and that takes a ridiculous amount of time. Not to mention the fact that you have to babysit the whole process.

 

[GreenZombie]

I thought of the fire stone, but in order to get it I need magical drops from mariculture, and I can't seem to catch the fish that I need that drop them. I need the magic drops to make the tier 3 magic mirror to enchant a piece of mariculture jewelry for lava protection. Trying to get those magic drops isn't fun. I need to breed up to better fish, and that takes a ridiculous amount of time. Not to mention the fact that you have to babysit the whole process.

Or you just remove the lava?

 

[Someone Else 37]

I thought of the fire stone, but in order to get it I need magical drops from mariculture, and I can't seem to catch the fish that I need that drop them. I need the magic drops to make the tier 3 magic mirror to enchant a piece of mariculture jewelry for lava protection. Trying to get those magic drops isn't fun. I need to breed up to better fish, and that takes a ridiculous amount of time. Not to mention the fact that you have to babysit the whole process.

Is Botania's pyroclast pendant less expensive? I don't think it'll protect you that much if you're actually in lava, but it'll douse you if you're on fire, so if you jump out of the lava before you die while wearing it, you should be fine.

Unless, of course, the stone consumes the lava block you dropped it into, in which case you're free to pick it up without briefly swimming in lava.

For that matter, do you have access to a Ring of Magnetization or some similar item? You wouldn't even need to jump in the lava to retrieve your firestone with one of those.

 

[KingTriaxx]

The lava that the firestone consumes is turned to obsidian, and the stone floats above it. It goes from the top down so there's a crust of obsidian to walk on.

 

[ZTB23]

I don't think simply lol. I think everything needs to be complicated. So I never thought of pumping the lava from the lake xD