Talk:Electric Furnace/@comment-2A02:8109:9BC0:3917:A8E2:1747:EE58:D191-20200123190342/@comment-50.24.129.229-20200610022335

By the time you need that level of steel production, you should have the Generators up and running, which means you can afford to have 8+ industrial furnaces going simultaneously. For myself, I had at least 2x Industrial Furnaces doing nothing but steel production, with another 1x devoted entirely to charcoal production.

Also, don't hesitate to stall the main quest line at certain points to give you time to build up your infrastructure and reserves. By the time I was building the desert bridge, I'd already set up my industrial furnaces and generators on conductive flooring, upgraded the tree farm a couple of times, and was building up a reserve of steel to use, because I had stalled when Ack showed up, and instead of talking to him and repairing him, I just focused on my workshop and infrastructure.