http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061025/...as_consumption


Cant count how many times i've heard that on here lol had to post. not all that great of a read but enjoy anyways...

 

Christ and look what advertisement shows up on the page XD XD

 

it will also help your quarter mile time, and 0-60 time!

 

 

Fat and unhealthy people waste a lot of resources. Over 50% of people in hospitals are there due to poor diet and lack of exercise. I would like to see a study done with all the factors taken into account in regards to fuel. It would be staggering amount of waste.

 

Every time I get ripped on for the weight of my RB exhaust, I'm going to show them this thread....

 

lol. i rather gain some weight and grow... and sacrafice some mileage.

 

Agree wholeheartedly. Somehow I think overall medical expenses and insurance would go down over the long term if everyone ate healthier and exercised at least a little each day....I mean c'mon, is a 15 minute walk really that bad?

 

This is the most bogus article I have seen to date. All the "experts" should be ashamed for even supporting this claim. When ever you see a study with a percentage your next question is percentage of what?

What was the average car weight and fuel efficiency in 1960? I will bet is was more weight and less efficiency. What was the average cars per household then and now? What was the population in 1960?

If fuel efficiency were linear to weight (which it is not) and if I had a 3200 lbs car with me inside and I got 20 mpg then what would my mpg be if I lost say 20 lbs?

20.125 mpg!!!

How about if I lost 100 lbs? 20.625 mpg!

Now let's say two thirds (200 Million people) of the American and the average was 50 lbs over weight (I think a reasonable estimate based on articles) then what would the savings be if they lost that weight?

62.5 million gallons of gas per year! Not the 1 billion stated!!!

OK so the population in 1960 was what? Per the Census Bureau 180 million.

So let us see ... 2/3* 300 million - 2/3*180 million = X

X = 80 million

And 1 billion more gallons per year.

1 billion divided by 80 million is 12.5 more gallons per year by the 80 million more drivers alone!!!

Ready to cry BS yet?!?!?!?

Nah me neither... so let us assume that the driving population is equal. Say 200 million.

Let us say the average car weight is the same (which it is not) 3000 lbs and the average weight was 150 lbs in 1960.

Assume we drive the same miles per year on average (which we don't, we probably drive more now per year on average) 10000 mile/yr and at the same speed and we get the same MPG.

x = 3150 * 200 million * 10000 mile/year divided 20 mpg

X = 3150 lbs * 200 million drivers * 500 gallons/year

x= 315 trillion gallons in 1960

(200 million * (3000 + y) * 10000 mile/year divided by 20 mpg) - 315 trillion = 1 billion

y= (1 billion + 315 trillion )/ (200million*(10000 divided by 20 mpg))

or y= 315.001 trillion/(200 million* 500 gallons per year)

or y = 315.001 trillion/(100 billion gallons per year)

y= 3150.1 lbs!!!

God damn I am fat!!!

BS on this article.