Upgradable furnaces & Refrineries

[Catatonic21]

Add an upgrade system for Furnaces and Refineries, similar to the existing Pumpjack and Quarry level system.

Each level increases both production and fuel consumption rates by +1.

Players can upgrade a furnace or refineries by crafting and combining additional units (for example, using multiple furnaces to increase the level of one).

Benefits:

helps players to consolidate setups instead of placing multiple furnaces/refineries.

Reduces entity count, leading to improved server performance and lower tick load.

Helps players build on a smaller footprint, freeing up base space.

 

[TiffDust]

I was thinking along the same things recently but was also wondering if some of them may be part of the skill tree that is a wip.
Having a pumpjack and running public ones you end up with alot of crude and sometimes more than you are going to get refined before wipe.
Private pumpjacks don't convert low grade to crude but convert low grade to low grade x3 (for level 1.)  Much like how GE gives metal fragments and not metal ore. 
Refineries on modded convert more amounts at the same tick rate meaning less refineries/conveyors are needed overall.