Power plants and recycling center

Hey guys!

I have a question regarding power plants. Do recycling centers make hydroelectric and solar plants redundant? Since they reduce pollution from factory and plant to one, what is the point of building bigger and more expensive than coal plants, except nuclear?

Only thing I can say is that you would expect to have hydro plants up, before you get to recycle. Coal plants would be long gone and you may not even research recycle.

What vxma said. Hydro comes significantly earlier, and you might also get them free from Hoover Dam.

Solar is a tougher case, since it comes close to recycling. I suppose you could argue that it costs less in maintenance to build a solar plant to replace coal than it does to keep maintaining a coal one and build a recycling plant, but you'd have to argue that the cost savings outweigh the lower pollution of coal + recycling, which I doubt many people would agree with, especially since pollution is a bit of a pain.

vmxa said:

Only thing I can say is that you would expect to have hydro plants up, before you get to recycle. Coal plants would be long gone and you may not even research recycle.

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I usually have hydros in my continent thanx to Hoover, as it is one of my essential wonders. Still, some times I conquer a rival city on another continent that already has a factory or coal plant, and being communist some of those can be very good, so it is easier to leave their plant and build a recycling center. They don't last long, as by that time I'm very close to win. But I like to keep my cities productive anyways.

It is only easier, if you have the recycle tech and I usually will not research it. I am not concerned with pollution as workers can clean it immediately, should I get any. Better to build tanks, than recycle centers.

vmxa said:

Better to build tanks, than recycle centers.

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Well, the environmentalists and peace movement activists will probably have a different opinion on that matter...