Originally Posted by
no motor?
. . .looks like the stereotypical overweight guy that needs to get out of his bloated gas guzzler and get some exercise. . .city program to get people to loose weight. . . .he let us know that he didn't need help with loosing weight, he needed help with $4/gallon gas. I guess gas isn't expensive enough to get him to change his ways yet.
I see your point, No Motor, but consider it in the context of this guy’s Hierarchy of Concern. With high fuel prices complicating everything this guy needs to think about, the issue of his fitness would need to find a place in his changing priorities. We on this forum are fortunate at having fitness as an already established way of life, but this guy and millions like him see the prospect of getting fit an even more distant possibility as they deal with the End of Cheap Energy. Bottom line, there IS a direct relationship between high fuel prices and “skinnification”, but there are
thousands of others competing for our attention.
By the way, at some level we can replace “stereotypical overweight guy” with
Every Swinging Richard with regard to the coming pain of change.