If you would check yourself out of the gene pool it would free up some
air and gas for the rest of us fat Americans...

the guvnor wrote:

> ATLANTA - Heavy suitcases aren't the only things weighing down airplanes and
> requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new
> government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about
> the weight of their passengers.
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> America's growing waistlines are hurting the bottom lines of airline
> companies as the extra pounds on passengers are causing a drag on planes.
> Heavier fliers have created heftier fuel costs, according to the government
> study.
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> Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans increased by 10 pounds,
> according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web
> sites). The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275 million to burn 350
> million more gallons of fuel in 2000 just to carry the additional weight of
> Americans, the federal agency estimated in a recent issue of the American
> Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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> "The obesity epidemic has unexpected consequences beyond direct health
> effects," said Dr. Deron Burton of the CDC. "Our goal was to highlight one
> area that had not been looked at before."
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> The extra fuel burned also had an environmental impact, as an estimated 3.8
> million extra tons of carbon dioxide were released into the air, according
> to the study.
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> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...fit_fat_fliers
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