PLeeease give the automation building a proper description T--T

[turtleturtle111]

you're really losing energy whenever an automation building is plopped down in an energy district

? Only if you have more pops then jobs. Hence the devouring swarm comment. You will pretty quickly get to the point it being surplus energy from 25% or 50% of jobs being worked. You can actually get to the point if this being true with anglers also FYI. The anglers part is a bit finickier to get to work because it requires you to use the job efficiency boosts at the top level or wait till you are in repeatable for the energy boost.