Climate change solves obesity problem?

[HungLikeJesus]

I think the reason more Americans don't drive the little fuel efficient cars is they're afraid they'll get run over by TheMercenary in his H2.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I think the reason more Americans don't drive the little fuel efficient cars is they're afraid they'll get run over by TheMercenary in his H2.

At one time that would have been a true statement. Actually my wife drove it more than I did because I didn't want to spend the money it cost to drive it. We only had it from 2004 to 2006 less than 2 years. Took a 5K hit when we traded it in for something better.

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

A couple of years ago I considered converting my bike to an Xtracycle, but the reality is that a ride to the nearest grocery store is a sixteen mile trip (down a very curvy two lane road) and my job, at the time, was 20 miles away, so the people at the bike shop actually talked me out of spending the money. It seems more practical for people living in a town or city.

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I was thinking about this yesterday when we went to the grocery store. We went to a new grocery store to the south, which turned out to be a little closer than the one to the north.

Round trip distance was 14.1 miles, at 86.7 mpg. That means we used 0.16 gallons of gasoline (~$0.64) and took about 30 minutes of driving for the round trip. I'm not sure how to compare that to riding an Xtracycle. It would have taken at least twice as long, but if I was enjoying the ride that would be irrelevant. Would I have eaten an additional amount of food that would take more than 0.16 gallons of gasoline to produce? Perhaps.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

At one time that would have been a true statement. Actually my wife drove it more than I did because I didn't want to spend the money it cost to drive it. We only had it from 2004 to 2006 less than 2 years. Took a 5K hit when we traded it in for something better.

I hope you know I was just .