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Old 01-30-2017, 01:53 AM   #108
swordtart
 
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Default Re: "100 Years Ago Today" - Car Wars News

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Originally Posted by snate56 View Post
I see one thing people are forgetting while coming up with this stuff: I don't know what kind of apocalypse is going to have happened, but certain resources may no longer be available anymore.
It may be impossible to create carbon fiber, or certain micro circuitry, or other things that would be problematic in the Car Wars universe.
Have you had a look in Uncle Al's recently ;). For example carbon fibre is explicitly a thing (The CA frame), as to the other stuff, a society that is capable of producing lasers, plastic armour, guided 2.5lb rockets (MLL's can be laser guided) as consumer items has fixed any "issue" you might care to mention with regard to technology and production.

CW "apocalypse" is not an apocalypse as most people would envisage. Even then it is a very "post" post-apocalypse. It is not mad max (that is Chassis & Crossbow), it is more like death race (which arguably isn't an apocalypse).

There may also be levels of Apocalypse, suburban new York may be just a future city, whereas somewhere in Nevada might be more like the wild west. In this case goods will still flow to where they are needed.
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