»The machines left the air breathable.«

At the time of the Matrix, humans would only need to produce enough oxygen to fill the caverns of Zion. Even when sending a broadcast or collecting a freed human, there's no need to leave a hovership. The machines wouldn't have any need for airborne oxygen, as they sustain their embryoid energy sources inside fluid-filled pods. Humans showed the incredible power of environmental control when they blackened the sky, crippling the entire light-based energy infrastructure of the machines. Alternate power sources allowed the machines to recover from this setback, but with the knowledge that such a strategy could have devastating effects.

The machines were not alone under the scorched sky. They would have witnessed the death of all chlorophyll-based plant life, and the food chain's collapse would have driven almost all animal life to extinction. Plants would no longer convert carbon dioxide to oxygen, and no animals would be left for the opposite O2-CO2 process. While this wouldn't affect the machines directly, the remaining humans would still require oxygen to breathe. To rid the Earth of free humans, the machines constructed an army of sentinels. But the most fundamental way to strike back at the humans would be to deplete the oxygen from the atmosphere.

However, in Reloaded when the Nebuchadnezzar is destroyed, Morpheus, Neo, and Trinity flee toward the surface with no apparent difficulties running and talking. In Revolutions we see a likewise scenario with Neo in the machine city.

The machines left the air breathable.

They collectively decided to do this in lieu of the strategic advantage of poisoning the atmosphere. They're keeping the surface environment habitable...

But for what?



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The senteniels weren't used to eradicate the humans they were used as a level of control... As we see in M3 they could have easily wiped out zion with no problem. But they were never ment to eradicate only to control.

As far as the air it was probably more efficent to keep O2 in the atmosphere since every human conected to the matrix would need it. I beilve the breathing tube we see on neo isn't forced air but just a direct line to oxygen, why waste power when human lungs will do the work.

This is a pretty big oversight by the Wachowskis. Without plant life to convert oxygen, how does the air remain breatheable? Unless the Machines have an oxygen production plant and they are pumping it into the air, but why on Earth would they do that? I don't think there's any reason behind the "breatheable air." I think it's a mistake, like TIE fighters blowing up and making noise in outer space.

By the way, I never looked for it, but are there any plants growing in Zion? I remember they have torches, which would be a real stupid waste of oxygen if they have to have machines producing it.

Willing suspension of disbelief, its there, they breathe, without it the story falls apart. Its a hole yes but one that really doesn't need filling

You guys above should review your nature science manuals

Plants produce only 15% of the oxygen in the atmosphere.

The rest is produced by the OCEAN !

More exactly, by the waves, when many H2O molecules colide and O2 is released in the atmosphere.

No scenario flaw....


PHEW

Breathing is an important use for oxygen.

But it's not its only use.