I get the impression you are trying to speed up the early game due to having to scavenge resources to bootstrap the first crystallization loop?
might be better to either just give the player the necessary equipment, or increase the yield of the scavenging to start but decrease it over time as research is completed, or just loop all automation only research and divide required packs by 5 and increase time per research 5x.
wood -> coal with coal being 24MJ is pretty over the top too.
maybe replace the custom crushing recipe with the crushing industry mod or atleast if its there disable the custom recipe, it would help with coal shortages, as crushing stone occasionally yields coal.