Reduce Global Warming | Lose Weight
I did think this article was pretty funny. They are suggesting that due to high levels of obesity in the US, people are weighing down their cars and thus consuming more petrol.
In a paper to appear in the October-December issue of the journal The Engineering Economist, the scientists conclude that each extra pound of body weight in all of today’s vehicles results in the need for more than 39 million gallons of extra gasoline usage each year.
The tab for overweight people in a vehicle amounts to $7.7 million a day, or $2.8 billion a year.
That seems to be an awful lot of money for a little extra weight or though I guess it’s more than a little extra weight.
If it is true, it just goes to show how little things such as the weight of your car can influence your fuel consumption. It is really important to take out everything from your car which you don’t really need such as sporting equipment, luggage, or books. So if you didn’t already need a reason to lose a few kilos then another reason it to help the environment.
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