I happened to think of the problem a few days ago (and I can't remember how it came to mind)--and if I remember right, the only thing wrong with the car they were using was indians shot an arrow in the gas tank and it had no gas. There just HAS to be a way to make Mr. Fusion do that job! 1.41 gigawatts or whatever it was ought to be able to accelerate a car to 88mph somehow.

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