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[–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because it was a metaphor for the US speed limit being 55 for fuel efficiency standards after the 70s oil crisis, and they sort of extended that to be about climate change.

Then when it turned out to be too limiting (har har), they invented "cleaner burning' warp engines. Which would be an obvious next logical step anyway if old warp drives were literally ruining the universe.

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