[–] EarthquakesAreScary 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
There's also the issue of fuel consumption. They have to drive pretty much everywhere. So there's all the issues involved with over farming land with singular crops to get their favorite junk foods/HFCS. That has to be shipped for processing. Then shipped again for distribution. Then fatty has to drive out to get it. Presumably just doing that circling thing in parking lots to spare them the horrors of even an extra minute of using their own legs instead of gas. Then the drive home. That's so much energy being used over and over and over again all over the country.
And on top of that, I think it severely hinders development of more environmentally friendly methods of production. Places that need it tend to lack means of research and development. Places which have them tend to have most of their agricultural model set up around branded packaged junk food. Fat people keep that from being a very profitable area for investors.
It's one of the things which really pushed me away from environmentalism as an 'ism'. You should be able to tell someone has put thought into the environment due to their lifestyle being significantly different from what's average in the overall culture/subculture. And it really isn't something that happens much.