Mobile Suit Gundam Solaris

In a world consumed by greed... The Man has gained absolute power. Individuals have no say in anything that happens, and Big Business controls all aspects of daily life. Big Business does not control the government...

Big Business IS the government.

Renewable energy is nonexistent, and coal is used for all electricity generation. There are no controls on pollution. The air is filled with ash, toxic metals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and noxious fumes. The sky is not a beautiful blue, but rather a dull, dismal gray. When it rains, drops of highly concentrated sulfuric acid fall to Earth, burning everything it touches. Mine drainage runs straight into rivers and streams. Raw sewage and trash are dumped into the now-anoxic oceans.

Despite these appalling conditions, the common people can do nothing and say nothing about it. They are downtrodden, ill-treated, oppressed, sickly, and malnourished, to say the least. Families live at the factories where they work. Child labor is all too common. Life is short, dirty, and miserable. The common people resent the rich, who live a life of luxury. Uprisings occasionally occur, but they are quickly put down. Whenever things get bad, the Big Man hides behind his money.

Twenty years ago, the environmentalists, who had gone into hiding to avoid persecution, decided that their living conditions were intolerable. So a man stepped forth. His name was Ed Gore, the great-to-the-nth-power grandson of Al Gore, who was a prominent environmentalist during the 2lst Century. Although Ed Gore was rich, no amount of money could make Big Business enact controls on pollution, because then they wouldn't make as much of a profit. The environmentalists were forced to realize that if they wanted to live in a cleaner world, they would have to make one for themselves.

To be continued...