Why don't you use the paths? If you surround the building with roads, you can reduce production time by up to ~37% if I remember correctly. The paths also reduce construction time btw
I think so many landowners are going to be focusing on fuel for traveling at the start that the price of the other fuels will actually be higher. I may actually focus more on the fuel used for curing the shards and use my sILV2 to buy some fuel to play. 🤔