History Headscratchers / MadMaxBeyondThunderdome

*** That's a really tough sell. Looking purely at how much energy each fuel has (otherwise known as ''specific energy''), sure, it makes sense: the plane probably runs on gas, which has a specific energy of 46.4 MJ/kg, and is far, far outshone by methane's specific energy of 55.5 MJ/kg. But, methane has an energy density of 22.2 MJ/l. Stack that against gasoline's 34.2 MJ/l and the problem appears: methane has too much energy per unit mass and yet far too ''little'' energy per volume unit. The net result would be that unless Jed is a mechanical genius, he'd probably have the engines failing to start because of the low-energy-density fuel...then blowing the cylinders from feeding in too much. And even that would be extremely difficult because the Transavia PL-12 Airtruk he's flying runs a Continental IO-520 engine, which is fuel-injected. So unless the methane is available in liquid form - unlikely, given Bartertown's setup - it just won't work. It's much more likely that he's a good enough pirate that he can afford the fuel he needs, or he's distilling methanol and running a very rich mixture. (Which would be risky as all hell if not for the whole 'pocyclypse having happened.)

** It's possible that they don't use a fiberglass head for ''each'' Gulag, or they can make / purchase more heads as needed.

** And indeed, how many fiberglass heads do they have for that?

*** Methane's still going to be a finite resource, as there are only so many pigs. Why not use a bit of horsepower as a supplement?
*** Pigs are omnivores, and can eat quite a variety of things. Including, for example, dead prisoners. Horses and donkeys are a bit more picky, diet-wise.

** He's shown in Bartertown, perhaps he had it converted to methane as well.

* Max uses a camel-drawn cart, Auntie needs methane to make Bartertown run. At the time MM:BT is set upon it's obvious oil has disappeared... so where does Jedediah get fuel for his plane?

** Auntie wanted to have a more complying Master once Blaster died. [[BatmanGambit The plan was for]] Master to think that Blaster got legally killed in a "fair" fight with Max. This way Master couldn't blame Auntie Entity and would collaborate more willingly to produce fuel for Bartertown afterwards without having to put up with Master's [[ThePrimaDonna arrogance]]. As it turned out, since Max spilled the beans, Auntie had to coerce Master by force, which was what [[AffablyEvil she wanted to avoid]].

** Auntie wanted to have a more complying Master once Blaster died. The plan was for Master to think that Blaster got legally killed in a "fair" fight with Max. This way Master couldn't blame Auntie Entity and would collaborate more willingly to produce fuel for Bartertown afterwards. As it turned out, since Max spilled the beans, Auntie had to coerce Master by force, which was what she wanted to avoid.
Auntie also took a big gamble when she jumped inside the Thunderdome to do some damage control and turn the crowd against Max. Her face looks definitely relieved after the crowd swallows her crap. She was obviously not so sure that the speech would work. So as we can see, even though it all worked out for her, it would still have been a lot easier if Max had stuck to his end of the deal.