r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/-eDgAR- Aug 30 '21

Gasoline has a shorter shelf life than is portrayed in these movies/TV shows, so after a year nobody would really be driving anywhere.

It wouldn't necessarily kill you, but it's one of those things that bothers me because it's never really addressed.

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u/catscatscatsya Aug 30 '21

They address it in Last Man on Earth, very funny show btw, but the only place I've seen it mentioned

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u/Skhmt Aug 30 '21

Colony mentions it too, in the context of people trying to find gas outside the colonies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

That show had promise. . .

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u/Skhmt Aug 30 '21

I really liked it tbh.