Understanding industry efficiencies

[tinjaw]

Hmmm, what about this.

Petroleum
Efficiency = 67%

13% : Active : provides 29%
41% : Constr : potential 99%
32% : Active : provides 73%

Daily Prod = 247,815
Daily Demd = 341,263

29 + 73 = 102%

I assume this is a rounding error and it is actually 28 + 72 = 100%.

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Or what about this?

Electricity
Eff 67%
30% : Active : provides 14%
Daily Prod = 85,359
Daily Dem 113,549

What is producing the other 86% of my electricity? Surely not Mom & Pop's.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: tinjaw on 2004-04-24 08:49 ]</font>

[BattleGoat]

As Chris indicated, cities do have some inherent electrical production to represent some of the smaller generators that are usually present. In the game we only reflect the more significant electrical plants in a region.

[Vesson]

As Sierra in Mexico, I've gone for heavy agriculture. Ive got say 5 or 6 agri centres (wild guess) and am spending a good 25 billion a year for efficiency.

Q is- If I decide to build another 10 or so agri centres, will efficiency take a hit due to the size of my agri industry? Is there an 'optimum' size for an industry for cost/unit?

[BattleGoat]

If you build more "Farms" then the amount you are investing in efficieny will not have as big an impact. There really isn't any optimal setting here, you really just have to judge based on the scenario that you're in, whether any industry is worth really developing to take best advantage of shortages your neighbors may have.

[guy]

Efficiency investment is expensive, but if you don't invest, your prices will rise very soon. So no profit is made. It is very difficult to determine what the good setting for efficiency.

[BG]

I have a strange idea that no matter how heavily and costly you invest in ind. eff. this number simply ints going up and above that also increases the cost of production instead of lowering it.So what is really going on?

[BigStone]

There is already a lot written in here:

http://www.bgforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=4727

Cheers