energy crisis in society theme
A society systemically fails to provide enough energy to cover basic demands. Energy means electricity as well as fossil fuels and other kinds of fuels that are used to perform work.
Examples
In the short film "Libra" (1978), we see a freewheeling frontier space colony design fantastic solar power plants in space that may potentially save the corrupt and over-regulated Earth from its ongoing energy crisis.
4 total · 3 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Battletruck (1982) | major | People were going about making it as best they could in a world in which oil was extremely scarce. |
| movie: Libra (1978) | major | The Earth government had an "international planning commission" that could impose onerous, self-serving, and corrupt regulations on the rest of society to such an extent that people had to live with rolling blackouts. |
| movie: The Last Chase (1981) | major | The totalitarian regime outlawed ownership and use of all automobiles, boats and aircraft, on the false pretext that the exhaustion of fossil fuel supplies was imminent. |
| movie: Moon (2009) | minor | We learned at the opening of the film that fusion power averted a global oil crisis. |