Thread: Turn A Gundam
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Old 2008-03-13, 21:00   Link #93
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Originally Posted by JediNight View Post
Like, what are they powering the cars/planes with in TurnA? They never really seem to cover it, despite it being doubtful they use oil. And even if most of the planet got hosed by colonies dropping/nuclear war, you still think enough people/technology would have been left around to rebuild quicker than 2000 years. The facilities may be destroyed, but the general know-how of the people would still remain.
The cars and planes in Turn-A actually run off of a unique endless supply of a nanite based fossil-fuel substitute (based on info from the tech manuals and on Mark Simmons' old summary of the show, though this is never explicitly stated in the show itself).

Earth is actually full of these nanites, and they appear in the form of a black powder that can be used both as a fuel source, and as a means rejuvenate the soil. They're mentioned somewhat off-handedly as the mysterious black power that the old woman Anis references to in episode 20.
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