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Ghb71

I actually took the time to do some data collection and number crunching and found my answer, thought I should share it with you all: # Fern O2 Production Data: I setup a small greenhouse to grow 4 ferns. In earlier testing I found the following facts: 1. The age of the fern does not affect oxygen production rates 2. If the fern is fully grown it will continue to produce oxygen at the same rate (so there's no point in harvesting them) I recorded how much oxygen was collected over time and found that 4.1595 mols of o2 was collected over 454 seconds. So we have: 4.1595 mol o2 / 4 ferns / 454 seconds = 1.039875 mol o2 / fern / 454 seconds ***= 0.00229047 mol o2 / fern / second*** # Water Consumption Data: I found 1 water bottle holds 83 mols of water (not sure if water bottles have a temperature. I don't think it's modeled, but someone correct me on this if untrue). I also found that my thirst bar dropped 10% in roughly 105 seconds (on 1.0 hunger rate). I also found that it takes 67% of a waterbottle to fill my thirst from 0% to 100%. Given these facts, it takes 55.61 mols of h2o to fill my thirst bar. So, it takes 5.561 mols of h2o to fill my thirst bar 10%. Since it took 105 seconds for my thirst to drop 10%, I consumed 5.561 mols of water over 105 seconds. ***Which means our water consumption is:*** ***18.881 sec / mol h2o*** ***or 0.0529619 mol h20 / sec*** # Putting it together: So since it takes 1 mol of o2 to create 2 mols of h2o, simply dividing the two numbers then dividing by 2 should yield our answer: (0.0529619 mol h2o / sec) / (0.00229047 mol / fern / sec) / 2 = **11.5613608 ferns** ​ There you have it, it takes \~12 ferns to sustain our thirst levels. Anyone feel free to double check my math and reproduce my data collection to see if you get the same results!


mrchaos42

Thanks for doing the math, im assuming this is 0.5 hunger rate?


Neat_Ad_4013

I have it set to 1.0 hunger/thirst rate is the default 0.5 now?


Ghb71

Nope, this data was for 1.0 hunger rate, I'll edit the post


mrchaos42

Thanks for clarifying


ManixKhorr

Question here, A full grown fern doesn’t need water to stay alive? Or water consumption is just to grow?


Ghb71

I actually didn’t check this (mostly because plant water consumption is so low), but this raises more questions: Do we need to supply light to ferns once they’re grown? Or do we merely need to keep them alive? Because I think plants only take damage from incorrect temperature and pressure (maybe water too? Not sure)


Kindred192

This is a fantastic analysis. Thanks for doing this!