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US: Report translates passenger girth into jet fuel
(Source : Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 18, 2004)
Americans' expanding waistlines are adding to airlines' already rising fuel bills. A report by physicians at the CDC says the average American gained 10 pounds during the 1990s. The extra weight translated to 350m extra gallons of fuel. The cost? About US$275m in 2000 alone, the report says -- and that was when jet fuel cost less than half today's price. The higher fuel consumption resulted in an extra 3.8m tons of carbon dioxide, plus increases of other pollutants, it adds. The report focuses on overlooked economic and health consequences of obesity. No one has yet suggested weight-based fares -- at least not seriously -- but Doug Wills, spokesman for the ATA, said the study is 'timely' given recent record fuel prices. 'At a time when airlines are taking off metal spoons and changing seat components to save weight, every little bit counts.'
Full Story: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2854482
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Kanskje man skulle betale flybilletten etter kilopris??
(Source : Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 18, 2004)
Americans' expanding waistlines are adding to airlines' already rising fuel bills. A report by physicians at the CDC says the average American gained 10 pounds during the 1990s. The extra weight translated to 350m extra gallons of fuel. The cost? About US$275m in 2000 alone, the report says -- and that was when jet fuel cost less than half today's price. The higher fuel consumption resulted in an extra 3.8m tons of carbon dioxide, plus increases of other pollutants, it adds. The report focuses on overlooked economic and health consequences of obesity. No one has yet suggested weight-based fares -- at least not seriously -- but Doug Wills, spokesman for the ATA, said the study is 'timely' given recent record fuel prices. 'At a time when airlines are taking off metal spoons and changing seat components to save weight, every little bit counts.'
Full Story: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2854482
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Kanskje man skulle betale flybilletten etter kilopris??
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