So here is a work in progress mod to get just that! Ever curious about exactly how much pollution you have? This is for you!
Features:
-Placeholder graphics! A completely ripoff of the small electric pole! I'm a programmer, not a graphic artist!
-A custom GUI to display a numerical count of your pollution.
-Pollution Reader can be crafted at start, found in the logistics crafting section
Pollution Count is taken from an average value of the recorded pollution from every Pollution Reader you have placed.
Pollution Readers make use of the game.getpollution function, meaning they just read the pollution value in the chunk they reside in.
I only had to reload the game about 60 times while working this out (my second mod!), but I've got it all working stable. Probably. But I know it won't work for multiplayer, as I'm using game.player
Example
ToDo:-Make it work in multiplayer
-Use something better than the base game electric pole for the graphic
-Other things to make it better?