Is excess American body fat a potential energy resource?

[eightoh9]

Cecil is skeptical about extracting the energy from body fat in a way that would reduce dependence on foreign oil? Here's how: Get out of your friggin' car and walk. I figure that walking instead of driving will save me somewhere between 2 and 3 gallons of gas for every pound of body fat that I burn off.

[Powers]

But anyone can walk, whether they have excess fat or not.


Powers &8^]

[Czarcasm]

It is customary to provide a link to the column in question, like so.
The problem with your theory is that excess body fat is usually a hindrance when it comes to walking instead of driving.