Study: Girth adds to extra gasoline consumption
How very helpful this story is. At the top of the story they sum it all up:
Simply put, more weight in the car means lower gas mileage.
THANKS Dr. Sheldon Jacobson at the University of Illinois! Feel free to send him mail to thank him. Some silly naysayers in this article say:
Outside experts said that even if the calculation aren't exact, the study makes sense.
Oh yeah? Well why didn't you think of it then??
Back to the solid research:
"If you put more weight into your car, you're going to get fewer miles per gallon," Emory University health care analyst Kenneth Thorpe said Wednesday.
Send wise Dr. Thorpe mail too! Thanks doc!
Excuse me, but my McRib and supersize fries are up, so I have to go.