Hawaii ranked worst state to make a living

[kalakoa]

the prospect of oil going down below $40 per barrel for the next few pre-peak years

Translation: everyone who levied a "fuel surcharge" during the previous peak will now rake in the bucks, because those prices aren't going down now that oil is cheap again.

forget about a living and just live

Works great if you're retired and "already got yours", doesn't work so well if you're trying to build any kind of business (unless it's milking people for a "fuel surcharge").