Funny stuff
(Treehugger) Short people simply take up less space. They fly economy and don’t feel squished. They eat happy meals and don’t feel hungry. And as Randy Newman correctly points out, “They got little cars that go beep, beep, beep.” The differences can be huge. The study continues:
A way to reduce ecological footprints, then, would be to reduce size. Since weight increases with the cube of length, even a small reduction in, e.g., height, might produce a significant effect in size, other things being equal (To reduce size, one could also try to reduce average weight or average weight and height, but to keep the discussion simple, we shall use just the example of height). Reducing the average US height by 15 cm (six inches) would mean a mass reduction of 23% for men and 25% for women, with a corresponding reduction of metabolic rate (15%/18%), since less tissue means lower nutrients and energy needs.
The post is tagged with “April Fools”, but, does anyone think the Warmists are kidding?
