Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Back to the Future

Yesterday, a manager at an auto parts manufacturing company asked me about the meaning of the English term science fiction. After I'd explained, he asked if Back to the Future was considered science fiction. I don't think he was even born yet when that movie was released.

Less than an hour later, in one of my adult English classes, someone asked about the meaning of biofuel, and another student said, "You know, like in the movie Back to the Future," which confused everyone. Apparently he had misremembered the DeLoreans in that film running on biofuel.

Back to the Future was released in America in 1985. It's not something people talk about all the time in Taiwan in 2026.
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1 comment:

William Wright (WW) said...

Ah, but the Delorean in Back to the Future II did indeed run on biofuel (about the 35 second mark in the link below):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHake6w4Su0

June 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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