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This reminded me of that stupid email that stated that the more alcohol you drank the smarter you would get.

Funny thing is that the guys last name is Ulrich!!!!

Take a look at the original paper. I think that the very short NPR story took this guy very much out of context, as did I when I first read the clip. I don't think that this guy believes that being fat overweight, unhealthy and a automobile focused society is actually better for this world. He designs bikes and scooters. I think he was doing what he was trained to do as an engineer and scientist and taking a unbiased look a different side of energy impact that one would not normally think of and opening it up to argument.

Great research paper, though it hasn't been submitted to any peer-review journal as far as i can tell. I would have expected a little more from NPR.

The armchair engineers commenting on the NPR site are a worth a read, keeping in mind that these are probably everyday Tom and Jerry's critiqueing a Prof. of Mech Engineering and Chair of Operations and Information Managment. Funny.