Yeah I like having lots of conduits all over my base, makes it look all complex. I used steam for the quarries because I'd never before built a boiler, wanted to try it out. All my bases end up haphazard, the organized chaos pleases my mad scientist within. Can't wait for Ultimate Pack!Wow Bedding, I can tell you like using different sources of energy then the normal, never thought of powering a quarry with steam. Just use the peat engines.