Factorio liquid handling sucks. And it's just water pumps that don't need power--because your first power generation technology is coal-fired burners and they

Factorio liquid handling sucks. And it's just water pumps that don't need power--because your first power generation technology is coal-fired burners and they need water to convert to steam to run the steam turbines. They gave us magic pumps rather than provide some means of making power without water. Likewise, magic belts because belts come far earlier than power.