"That said, if you know your equipment can handle it like some network operators know theirs can, there is nothing stopping you from using it as a /4 local addr

"That said, if you know your equipment can handle it like some network operators know theirs can, there is nothing stopping you from using it as a /4 local address space." Though that would just exarcerbate the problem by producing yet more resistance against allowing that gigantic network to become useful public space.