New reactors usually require a lot of materials used each cycle. So, to properly calculate it's effectivity we should know energy price of making replacements. Especially if we use lapis. And for that, we should know the price of making scrap.
If we'd have rp2 (i.e. breakers), then it would be only price of recycling - 12k per matter or so, because we can feed recyclers with generated cobble slabs.
But how to make scrap without block breakers?
Generally, I use the tailings from my Quarry system to feed recyclers. One only needs so many stacks of cobblestone, dirt, and sand. Set up my recyclers on the 'overflow' pipe, so that when the chest is full, excess gets fed straight to the recyclers.
Another option would be to set up mass renewable resources. For example, a Forestry Reed Farm produces quite a bit of reeds which can be recycled. Farms produce a surplus of seeds and wheat which can also be recycled. Likewise, darkroom mobgrinder provide copious quantities of recyclables. Usage of a 'lava blade' will obviate its secondary use as an xp farm, but will fully automate it with the use of an obsidian pipe.
New reactors usually require a lot of materials used each cycle. So, to properly calculate it's effectivity we should know energy price of making replacements. Especially if we use lapis. And for that, we should know the price of making scrap.
If we'd have rp2 (i.e. breakers), then it would be only price of recycling - 12k per matter or so, because we can feed recyclers with generated cobble slabs.
But how to make scrap without block breakers?
You could build a simple cobble gen with IC miners. The concept is pretty simple if you know how the miners work.
Cactus farms work too and other mods have some more uses for cactus.
You could build a simple cobble gen with IC miners. The concept is pretty simple if you know how the miners work.
also possible to do with Buildcraft quarries. Size required varies dependent on how much power is supplied. Fully powered via combustion it may take a line 10+ long to avoid the problem of the quarry mining further down.
Hi,
I have only two quarry running with 450 redstones engine and it's sufficient to supply a recycler with 8 OCs.
The astuce is to transform 1 cobblestone into sand then glass and craft cobblestone transport pipes, with 3 stacks of cobblestone you got 8 stacks of cobblestone transport pipes 
You could use Thermal expansion Igneous extruder and automatically feed recyclers with cobblestone.
I think the only reason not to use redpower is that it isn't updated yet for 1.3.2 and the same situation is with TE. Using my current quarry leftovers I think I can start with scrap production without any cobble generators: http://imgur.com/Rh8eH . It will be enough for almost a 3 stacks of UU ;).
About laser, in 1.97 (I don't know if it still works in 1.106, but probably will) you could just harvest netherrack. It seems to destroy as quick as sand and it is quicker to harvest. In desert you only have 4 layers of sand, for netherrack you have full dimension of it.
We use Minefactory Fishers (about 20 on a fast pulse) We can fill a double chest with scrap in 20-30 mins
I can post pictures if anyone want's to see it.
Have never seen any setup coming remotely close to ours in speed and it's 100% automated 
Btw Redpower is just to easy, takes all the challenge away when it comes to building redstone stuff..
As I pointed out in the alternative source of recycle fodder thread, these work as efficient, yet kind of immoral way of obtaining massive amounts of sand, and as items on the ground disappear after 5 minutes, you would only need to check up once every 5 minutes
What kind of storage thing is that in that picture? They look to hold stupid amounts of stuff.
What kind of storage thing is that in that picture? They look to hold stupid amounts of stuff.
What storage thing?
so you can now use Scrap boxes in UU-generation I've heard.
My question is: is it somehow more efficient, or can you just fit more in the UU-gen at the same time?
so you can now use Scrap boxes in UU-generation I've heard.
My question is: is it somehow more efficient, or can you just fit more in the UU-gen at the same time?
Maximum amplifier usage is 20 every second, so you can feed your massfab more power and consume up to 180 scraps per second (20 scrapboxes).
I'd like to see something this efficient.. Made without RP with vanilla minecraft redstone pulse. Feeding 2 recyclers (2000 eu/t) with 7 overclockers each
