Have you bought any gas lately?

[MyManao]

Here in Hawaii with plentiful sunshine across much of the state, people could even charge their cars with electric from their own rooftops.

I got a friend like that, got all that kine stuff, all the bells and whistles, and still says he's spent more than 1k in the last year having his nazi mobile towed home 'cause he keeps running out of electrons and got nowhere to get more..

Methinks it's a good idea.. but so are lots of stuff that never gets off the drawing board. A good idea if you can bend your lifestyle around it. But my buddy gots clients who expect him to be someplace at some time no matter, rain or shine. And then that fancy nazi mobile (he got it cheap second hand when the iconic leader of that company X'ed himself out of vogue and the used car lots in Hilo had a glut of 'em) of his is just a big ol' paper weight. And a toxic soup of trash to boot.

I know someone else has one hybrid that's dying because the battery no more hold the charge and a replacement cost more than the car is worth.. and another who had to have repairs done on a full on EV and the dealer's shop had to ship it to the mainland 'cause they no more the tools, or mechanics trained in using them.

Yep, using an island that's the furthest from anything on Earth for that kine development of new technology is a hard sell. I sure ain't buying into it. But hey, good ol' Mr Barnum said..