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Subject: Re: Obesity pushes up fuel costs Posted on: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:14:23 CST

In article <418d17ae$0$22047$8fcfb975@news.wanadoo.fr>,
Donna Evleth wrote:
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>Dans l'article <5db363e0.0411051252.70b91e0f@posting.google.com>,
>larrybud2002@yahoo.com (Larry Bud) a écrit :
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>>> >How can you argue with that? The airline has to pay for higher fuel costs
>>> >for heavier people, why shouldn't they push those costs on the the
>>> >appropriate consumers?
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>>> > http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm1186_20041104.htm
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>>> People should pay by the pound and the amount of space they take up. It's
>>> only fair.
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>> Absolutely. Just like when shipping parcels via UPS.
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>Suppose a couple is traveling. One of the two is overweight, even obese,
>the other is not. Can they take their average?
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>Donna Evleth

If the airlines did, in fact, charge by the pound, it would work out to the
same thing - assuming the couple is travelling together and paying from
a common kitty.