It was suggested in the Matrix at Mobil station that human beings are grown to fulfill an economic function as batteries for the benefit of machines. But, machines don't eat and nor do they consume. Humans are consumers; not batteries. There is no viable economic function without humans being purposefully prized as consumers. Machines are the servants of human ingenuity and are submitted dependently to this ingenuity. There is no economic life or viability without humans and human dignity. The purpose of machines is to safeguard human dignity much like all media outlets that include page 3.   Mobil is good and Mobil needs consumers regardless of the expensive hydrogen at the pump. It's the same price as gasoline, families are disgruntled except for a brief respite provided by K mart and big gas man but it's clean hydrogen.