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I'm not sure if there's any correlation between the energy something provides in a furnace and the energy something provides to BC engines other than wood is less than coal is less than lava. I wouldn't put too much thought into that.

I don't know how much it has changed (if at all) since then but here is some information from BC 2.2. Redstone Engines release a maximum of 1 MJ every time they pump. They will never, ever explode. They will not transfer power to other engines. Steam Engines release a maximum of 100 MJ per cycle. They will store a maximum of 10000 MJ and explode beyond that. They do not overheat and cannot be cooled. The amount of energy they store per cycle depends on the amount of energy used per cycle. Anything left over gets stored. Also: 1 Coal = 1600 MJ = 1600 cycles 1 Bucket o'Lava = 20000 MJ = 20000 cycles 1 Stick = 100 MJ = 100 cycles 1 Wood = 300 MJ = 300 cycles Documentation says a stack of coal will last about 1 hour, 20 minutes. Combustion Engines release a maximum of 2000 MJ per cycle. Storage maxes out at 100000 MJ. Every time they produce 1 MJ, they produce 1 <unit of heat>. Too much heat makes it go boom. 1 Bucket of Fuel = 600000 MJ = 20000 cycles 1 Bucket of Lava = 20000 MJ = 20000 cycles 1 Bucket of Oil = 200000 MJ = 10000 cycles

This is true. What is also true is none of those are elevators.

I currently have creeper explosions turned off 'cause I'm a sissy. On the other hand, this enables me to have a house surrounded by fenced in snowmen. Every now and then, I have to replace one or two due to a skeleton getting a lucky shot or a rat getting through the snowball salvo. Though, now that MechaCrush has given me the idea, I will probably move all my surface shit underground and light it up. Makes me wish there was a BtW-style simple elevator in one of the Technic mods.

I have no problems with ads placed on the launcher whatsoever. Despite the conventional (herp) wisdom on MCF that Technic is just a bunch of mods thrown together and is just for the lazy, most of us know that there's a lot of work, time, and resources that go into it. If ads would help to defray those costs, then put them up there. If, somehow, a goatse/tubgirl photoshopped mashup would help defray those costs, feel free to put that up there, too. Honestly, my preference would have been for Minecraft to be the freely-available product and Technic to cost however much Minecraft costs now. Technic has provided me with more value for my dollar than Vanilla ever did. I look forward to the snarky Kaker replies to the faggotry that ensues once the ads are in place.

Not cocky - correct.