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Nope. We're all in agreement that we need to start making more nuclear
power plants, hook them up to thermal depolymerization plants and
convert all our garbage to crude oil, for refinement into gasoline so
we can all afford to drive SUV's.



Nah, we skip the middle step: http://davidszondy.com/future/atomic/ford.htm
This thing would really discourage tailgating- two of them get too close
together and both may go supercritical and melt down.
I once read a proposal to keep the highways ice free in winter by mixing
heat emitting isotopes into the asphalt. I think that lead plate on the
bottom of the car might hinder its performance though. ;-)

Pat