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FICTION NOTICE: This Short is an alternate-history thought experiment. The story, moste scenes, and most visuals are fictional—created in a black-and-white retro Atomic Age style with Fallout vibes. It’s not a documentary.

John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil and helped turn oil into the bloodstream of modern America. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Standard Oil under antitrust law and ordered the company broken up—one of the most famous monopoly cases in American business history.

But here’s the “what if”: what if the breakup didn’t really stick?

In this imagined timeline, the same genius for efficiency evolves into something bigger: a single energy trust that quietly absorbs pipelines, rail contracts, and refineries—then bankrolls the next jackpot of the century: the Atomic Age. It doesn’t look evil. It looks “stable.” Cheap fuel. Bright suburbs. National confidence. And behind the curtains… quiet contingency planning for “critical personnel,” hardened facilities, and private reserves.

Because when you control energy, you don’t have to run the country. You simply decide what keeps running.

If you like capitalism, incentives, and the real mechanics of power—where markets, infrastructure, and regulation collide—subscribe and tell me who should get the next Fallout-vibe alternate history.

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John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, Standard Oil breakup, 1911 Supreme Court, antitrust, monopoly, oil monopoly, energy monopoly, corporate power, capitalism, free market, American economic history, business history, oil industry history, Atomic Age, nuclear power, retrofuturism, alternate history, post apocalyptic, wasteland, Fallout vibes, power grid, energy rationing, resource scarcity

Most elements were AI-generated, however script, research, selection of materials and edit are original. The film was edited by hand (no auto-editing templates) and is not mass-produced. As a new, independent work, the specific selection, sequencing and presentation of materials constitute original authorship protected by applicable copyright laws.

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Images

Portrait of J. D. Rockefeller (1907 publication; dated 1895) — Published by Scientific American Compiling Dep’t, New York (unsigned), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Standard Oil Company refinery (1889) — Cleveland Public Library (DPLA), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
“Standard Oil Octopus” political cartoon (Puck, Sept. 7, 1904) — Udo J. Keppler, via Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress), public domain.
Landis wags pen at Rockefeller (Chicago Examiner, July 7, 1907) — Unknown author, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
White smoke coming out from green field — Patrick Federi, via Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License.

Video

Time Lapse of Cooling Towers Emitting Water Vapor — Yauheni Anhaliuk, via Pexels, used under the Pexels License.
Crane on Oil Plant — Andy Arthur, via Pexels, used under the Pexels License.

Audio
Nuclear Explosion — unfa (Freesound), via Pixabay, used under the Pixabay Content License.
Casino Ambiance — Suburbanwizard (Freesound), via Pixabay, used under the Pixabay Content License.
033842_Geiger Counter Radioactive — Freesound Community, via Pixabay, used under the Pixabay Content License.

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Music: Underworld - Myuu (YouTube Adio Library)