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Heavier cars use more fuel. Now some bright spark has calculated that the US uses one billion gallons more gas every year than if the entire population had remained at the average weight of the 1960s. For every extra pound added to the average weight, the country uses another 39 million gallons of fuel each year. More »
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Californians have seen some wickedly high gasoline prices this year, including a new record of $4.671 a gallon on Oct. 9, but the state's prices have never averaged more than $4 a gallon for an entire year. That is likely to change ... Read Post

Here's some fascinating, almost jaw-dropping, information about the economic costs of obesity in America. - Americans consume 938 million extra gallons of gas/year due to excess passenger weight which results in an extra $4 billion ... Read Post

Like Americans themselves, American cars are getting heavier and heavier every year. Our new cars are more efficient, with average fuel economy climbing and carbon-dioxide emissions falling over the course of the past 30 years. But ... Read Post