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The airline industry is mulling at the idea of charging an airline ticket based on your weight and the weight of your luggage(s). They say that for every 72 seconds they save, they save 8.7 gallons of fuel. I’m not sure if this is a good idea. Do you want the public to watch you step on a scale?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aNsp.l2CJ1jk&refer=home

“Airlines have also taken shorter-term steps even if they have stopped short of weighing passengers.

Japan Airlines Corp. is using crockery in first-class and business-class cabins that is 20 percent lighter than the service items they replaced.

Southwest Airlines Co. is flying slower — by 72 seconds, for example, on Houston-Los Angeles flights, which now take 3 hours 14 minutes. That saves 8.7 gallons of fuel for each of the airline’s four daily nonstops on the 1,387-mile route, 34.8 gallons a day overall, said Marilee McInnis, a company spokeswoman.

Southwest comes closest to charging for weight, asking passengers to buy a second seat if their girth prevents the armrest from lowering.”

Food prices will continue to soar till at least 2010, and I have to start curbing my grocery bill. I’m not trying to be a tightwad, but I need to justify my habits. If I continue to shop at Whole Food exclusively, my monthly grocery bill will run about $600-$700/month. That makes no sense for one person.

When Whole Food wanted $1.50/lb.for yellow onions grown out in the percolated desert soils of southern Calif., I said, “No, thanks. I’m not a sucker.” I know onion is not an expensive item, but it makes no sense to pay $1.50/lb. for yellow onions when I can get locally grown yellow onions for $.35/lb from a farmer who has not used pesticide since 1975. This same farmer sells garlic for $1.25/lb. while Whole Food sells imported garlic for about $4.00/lb. What a ripped off!

BTW, here are the top 5 produce you do not need to buy organic.

http://www.foodnews.org/fulldataset.php

1) Onions
2) Avocado
3) Corn
4) Pineapple
5) Mango

I’ve been busy learning alot from the food and the medical experts. And here’s one that will make some think again about eating Jello:

Jello is really grounded bone powder, which is why vegans do not consume Jello. After processed food manufacturers extract the meat from carcasses, they sell the bones to companies like Jello to grind the bones down into powder form. From there, they add food coloring, flavorings, and sugar to make Jello.