Some scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are arguing that fat people are more to blame for global warming than thin people. The obese tend to drive more and walk less, and food production is considered a major contributor to greenhouse gases.
They estimated that each fat person is responsible for about one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions a year more on average than each thin person, adding up to an extra one billion tonnes of CO2 a year in a population of one billion overweight people.
The European Union estimates each EU citizen accounts for 11 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year.
As a member of the sometimes-husky crowd, I am confident that my extra contribution to greenhouse gases is more than compensated for by the cooling and protective shadow I create for others.
