Enough of these various objects would certainly fall together into a clump and compress each other out of their original forms and into a solid mass. Some of them may even shine with the heat generated by this pressure. However, in order to get fusion going, you need light elements, so while potato chips and woodchucks might start up a nice fusion reaction, a whole lot of lead fishing weights probably isn't going to cut it.<br /><br />In other words, you have to overcome two main problems. One, having enough of the stuff (which doesn't look too likely in the near future for the objects you described), and two, having stuff with at least some hydrogen in it (helium doesn't form molecules, and lithium is too heavy to fuse in most stars). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>________________</p><p>Repent! Repent! The technological singularity is coming!</p> </div>