Matrix question

[avram]

Something that just came to me: According to The Matrix, the machines need to keep humans enslaved for energy, the power generated by the human body. (The single stupidest thing about the movie.) So I’m wondering — what power source does Zion and its ships run on? Do they have volunteer human powerpacks? Or are they running off of geothermal power and batteries? If the latter, couldn’t the machines use that too?

(Man, what a butt-stupid premise.)

Of course, the machines are just using the humans as a short-term solution till they can get practical commercial-scale fusion power working.

Comments

[stormsweeper.livejournal.com]

Except humans are a net-loss as regards energy. The life support systems would take up more energy than the human body is physically capable of producing, not to mention the food systems.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

That just means they'll never release the humans.

Talk about owing your soul to the company store!

[camwyn]

Heh. Yeah, that- I hadn't seen your response when I answered.

[camwyn]

That's the beauty of it. The machines get to spend forever punishing the humans for all their crimes against the Children of Silicon, all the while piously proclaiming that if they can ever figure out how to make the pesky humans efficient enough, they'll start working off their debt straight away.