Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-65.130.246.188-20121221165416/@comment-128.208.36.196-20130107201052

since that's the case, my point is even more relevant: use solar and wind to power IC machines, and then use all your colllectors to provide materials for your factories.

UNLESS you can macerate bones/blazerods to gain emc. In which case, go ahead and use a couple of collectors for the dm furnace if, and only if, doing so makes the factory more compact. Otherwise, use the collectors for standard-issue powerflowers.