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"I'm not going to eat Barack Obama's dogfood."
— Mitt Romney

Umm, Mitt, you're mixing analogies. I think you're looking for the phrase "I'm not going to drink Obama's Koolade." Eating your own dog food is normally associated with software companies. Microsoft eats their own dog food: their employees use MS operating systems, office software, etc. If they didn't, they would be roundly ridiculed. Technically, as long as you're accepting money as a Congresscritter, you're eating Obama's dog food. If you stop taking your Congressional pay check and benefits and health care, pay for all of your staff yourself, pay rent for your Congressional office, then I would say you're not eating his dog food.

Powering your car with thorium!

1 gram, stimulated by a laser, could theoretically produce as much energy as 7,500 gallons of gasoline. 8 grams could power your car for it's entire life. An engine could come in at 500 lbs containing a laser and a steam/turbine loop.


This sounds pretty awesome. Even if they only used it in power plants, it would be a tremendous savings. It sounds like it can be spooled up from zero to lots of heat in a very short period of time, they're talking about direct output for a car: no batteries. And they think they'll have prototypes on the road in 2 years!


http://wardsauto.com/ar/thorium_power_car_110811/


http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/8-grams-of-thorium-could-replace-gasoline-in-cars-20110812/


http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/11/08/12/172229/8-Grams-of-Thorium-Could-Replace-Gasoline-In-Cars