One is health care costs driven in no small measure by a growing obesity epidemic, the result of a life style for many Americans devoid of exercise and poor eating habits. The other problem is a combination of energy consumption, reliance on oil and pollution.
A solution to both problems has fortuitously been handed to us with no effort on our part, something that many Americans are used to (no effort that is). :wah:
We should rejoice in higher food and gasoline prices. If the food bill is going higher, what you need to cut back on are the bags of chips, cookies, ice cream, and prepared foods and assorted other junk. Let’s get back to basics, cook a meal from fresh food for a change, and who needs all those carbs in rice and corn anyway.
You know where this is going on the second problem, walk more and drive less (or get a more fuel efficient car), and the combination of more exercise and eating better and less will help not only with the pollution problem, but the obesity problem and we will all be healthier, lighter and with more money in our pockets to boot. And dare I mention a lighter person or two in a car will contribute to higher gas mileage for your vehicle, not unlike being on a plane with one less bag of luggage. At the same time if we use less fuel, the price of oil will come down and as a result the price of food will come down. Holy cow, this supply and demand stuff works!
If all this sounds too simplistic, think again, we can and should eat less and better and even if you “need your car to get to work, there are surely times you can walk, or bike or take mass transit in lieu of driving. Heck, walking to the nearest KFC ® or Wendy’s ® location is even a step (or several) in the right direction.
Between all this weight loss, healthy living and cutting of pollution, we have inadvertently helped to solve the health care cost crisis as well. See, higher food and gasoline prices are a good thing and we didn’t even need a politician to do it. On the other hand, I suspect that politicians will end up messing up the whole deal by somehow artificially trying to lower gas and food prices.
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why dew they make exercise equipment to store neatly under your bed? I'm so confused! :-5