Overwide Tires are Bad for the Earth
The Chicago Tribune cites a University of Illinois study that estimates that the average American
- has gained an average of 24 pounds per person over the last 40 years
- has spent a good portion of that time driving back and forth from the mall in the world’s premier gas guzzlers
and that this means that he/she has consumed approximately 938 million more gallons of gasoline annually than if they had all stayed circa-1966 svelte. The nearly one billion gallons can be attributed to the excess work that car motors, especially the inefficient ones that Americans love, need to provide to drag the extra tire around.
Is America obesity the principle factor causing climate change? The study does not say.
