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The crossover we need (startrek.website)
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[-] Limeey@lemmy.world 119 points 6 months ago

No, dumbass, they run on Energon. Go back to sleep and in the morning you have some reading to do.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 19 points 6 months ago

While they do run on Energon, Energon is usually refined from other sources, including oil.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago

The wiki says

True energon is, however, extremely rare: in most universal streams, the Transformers' long war has left Cybertron drained of all but the smallest fraction of the substance, and although it has been known to exist on a small sampling of other planets throughout the multiverse (usually Earth), its paucity leaves the Transformers usually subsisting on artificially-generated substitutes created from other local energy sources.

It seems like the best stuff is fossil Energon. It can be synthesized, but it doesn't say anything about renewable sources. The Autobots and Deceptocons would fight together against Captain Planet.

(I have much better things to be doing, but this is some quality procrastination)

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago

In the cartoon there is an episode where the decepticons take over a hydro electric dam, and use it to produce cubes.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

I actually kind of remember that now! Danger at the Dam

"You destroy everything you touch, Megatron!" "Because everything I touch is food for my hunger, my hunger for power!"

That doesn't sound very resource friendly...

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

But energon can be refined from renewable energies, and it's not like there's any native oil on Cybertron; That's a human caused problem, we can't blame them for using it.

[-] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

If it can be refined from renewable energy, then what are they fighting over?!

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

And why did they have to leave Cybertron after depleting all the Energon?

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

the Transformers' long war has left Cybertron drained of all but the smallest fraction of the substance

The Transformers are climate refugees.

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

This would legitimately be my answer too.

But instead of reading it would be "binging the original animated series".

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