Comic #4651: fuel

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Panel 1
Alien 1: "Bad news, commander. Ever since we discovered bad poetry can be used as fuel, we have expanded around the galaxy."
Alien 2: "Why's that bad?"

Panel 2
Alien 1: "We're outstripping production. At this rate of expansion, we can't continue to fuel our ships for more than another few months."
Alien 2: "I see…"

Panel 3
Alien 1: "What if we took a species of ape, gave it languages, and made it aware of its mortality."
Alien 2: "How is that even remotely ethical?"

Panel 4
Shortly…
Person: "Wow. How can one city have 14 poetry slams in one day?"
Alien 3: "Weiiiiiird…"
Alien 3 has a hat that says "Go Humans."