Here’s an amusing little story, though I don’t know how much of it is local-news hype: Apparently, insurance fraud by SUV owners in California is on the rise. Gas prices are so high some folks are desperate to shed their gas guzzlers. So they torch ’em and report ’em stolen.

It’s auto-eco-terrorism!

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