{"id":3294,"date":"2014-07-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drscience.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3294"},"modified":"2014-07-23T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T21:00:00","slug":"unleaded-costs-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drscience.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3294","title":{"rendered":"Unleaded Costs More?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>  How come unleaded gas costs more when it’s missing something? <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

———- from Wallace Smith of Portland, Oregon<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"  I know. Less lead means more money. An unlisted phone, you pay more. Salt-free food, you pay more. Fat-free potato chips? Ditto. In some stores, you can even buy a small box which states: “No sugar, no salt, no meat, no calories. No tar, no nicotine, no caffeine, no iodine, just add water.” But when you open this box, a small blast of stale air assails your nostrils. Fortunately, there’s a new public service provided by NutraSweet and the U. S. Post Office. For a small handling fee, they’ll distribute these missing ingredients free of charge to anybody who wants them. These so-called “Care Less” packages contain lead, nicotine, sugar, iodine, alcohol, caffeine, more calories than you could ever burn off and, of course, numbers. Pages and pages of numbers… <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"QuestionImage\"<\/a>How come unleaded gas costs more when it’s missing something?

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