"Yes, we're irradiated now, but gas is under $3/gal."
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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Well it would be Dubai and the Saudis that would be irradiated. They should be fine with it right?
the gas would likely be irradiated too. I heard of an early proposal to detonate nukes deep underground in the tar sands to bring the oil to the top, theoretically it would work but radioactive oil.
Not irradiated! It's been treated with Shell Atomic Boost!
Just look for the glowing pump.
This is the talent McDonald's marketing needs.
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fuck them saudis and their sportswashing
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Less than that. They'd have to sell this particular gas at a discount, considering it would be radioactive after making this detour.
You’re forgetting the power of marketing. Call it “Atomic Premium”, claim it’s formulated specifically for giant trucks with fake balls attached to the hitch, get a few hick-hop artists to name drop it in songs about cruising down red dirt roads, and run a meme campaign implying only woke blue-haired lib trannies with nose rings oppose irradiated gas. They’d drink it if they thought doing so would “own the libs”.
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The ~~geiger counter~~ Dow will be over 50,000!
Well, not Americans, but brown people halfway across the world would be. But they're not people to Americans so who cares.
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Is newt Gingrich even still alive
Edit: holy shit he actually tweeted that. It was so outlandish I just assumed it was fake.
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It's not. This has been proposed multiple times throughout history. The U.S. program, named Project Plowshare, was active from the late 1950s to the 1970s and explored various peaceful applications for nuclear explosives. It was built on ideas from older, British and German plans. The Russians also had their own plans. This is not a new idea.
Newt is not a new man
Newman!
Where, in OP's post, does it claim this is a new idea?
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Look, I don't like every view he holds, but he works across the aisle.
Technically, this would be nuking the UAE and Yemen
For those who don't know about it, Project Plowshare was a cold war project where the US investigating the use of nuclear weapons for geo engineering projects.
Here is a WTYP Podcast episode about it:
What a goddamned fucking idiot.
How much you wanna bet he called Trump and personally made this fucking deranged suggestion to him?
We put this man in charge of one of our branches of government. Let that sink in.
I thought this motherfucker was dead.
I mean it's such a braindead take that he might as well be
just a couple of nuclear detonations!
Tell me your mentally removed without saying the words
Tell me you have no idea about nuclear bombs, not the radiation, not the capabilities, nothing, without saying those words
Tell me you're the dumbest fuck in class without saying the words
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Is this... actually Newt? Honestly can't tell would appreciate clarification
I too want to know if project plowshare is back on the menu
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It's gotta be lead.... Right? Right?!
Absolutely has to be lead poisoning. We need to get these insane fuckers tested for it and have them committed if it shows in their system. That may be exactly what is needed and how to "peacefully" get these weird fuckers to retire.
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Oh god they are trying to do Plowshare 2.0.
It's satire. Gingrich didn't even write the OG article...
As funny as I find that article to be. The problem is that satire is reality most of the time these days. Even an idea as obviously dumb as this could actually be coming out of the white house.
I've stopped asking if people are this stupid, because yes, they are.
But, I think this is more about sowing fear, than a serious suggestion.
I keep trying to persuade myself, in spite of clear evidence to the contrary, that people are not this stupid. But, it doesn't work.
Oh man... I hate to blow your bubble, but that guy is just repeating something that was under serious consideration about 50 years ago.
He probably just remembers the proposals, and not the problems people found in it.
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Somebody ate too much Lead
Eww.
I had to check and this dipshit is still alive.
Can we not have anything nice around here?
The key here is that you have to personally supervise the first explosion real close up to make sure the channels are correct. I had chatgpt design a special hard hard for you Mr Gangrinhch, so it’s got mondo safety parameters to keep you fit as a whistle
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Omg, I absolutely love the idea of fuel exhaust that’s even more radioactive than it already is. I just love it so much I could die.
The biggest surprise for me is that he is still alive
I was gonna say. This idea has been floating around for decades.
Bottom line: Yes it will work. It will also involve transporting nuclear warheads to another country, which probably violates all kinds of treaties and will set governments everywhere into a panic of epic proportions. The knock-on effects of nuclear contamination will be a problem for the local population, local water table, and local ocean currents. You can bet your bottom-dollar that these, and possibly more, problems will be shouldered solely by the soon-to-be-god-forsaken masses of whatever country eventually okays this idea.
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Has he ever looked at a map? The only way I could see this happening is by going through the most populated parts of UAE.
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