06-12-2022, 05:50 AM
+ our reliance on outside sources ) for these throwaway cars.
How much gasoline, diesel, and oil burned in internal combustion engines on Big Island is from outside sources, how much locally produced? How many gasoline powered cars and trucks are on the road more than 10 or 20 years? Next time you’re in a parking lot add up the number of the Model T’s you see, or cars from the 1990’s. Sure, there’s some. But as a percentage of all cars produced in their time era, it’s a minuscule number. Their brake pads and insulted parts are filled with asbestos. Don’t get me started on the lead.
How much gasoline, diesel, and oil burned in internal combustion engines on Big Island is from outside sources, how much locally produced? How many gasoline powered cars and trucks are on the road more than 10 or 20 years? Next time you’re in a parking lot add up the number of the Model T’s you see, or cars from the 1990’s. Sure, there’s some. But as a percentage of all cars produced in their time era, it’s a minuscule number. Their brake pads and insulted parts are filled with asbestos. Don’t get me started on the lead.