12-23-2007, 06:41 AM
Hmm, electricity in Hawaii is generated by oil (one third of the oil used in Hawaii goes to generate electricity) actually, MORE oil goes to make electricity in Hawaii than it does to power cars. Also the Aptera car/motorcycle can at this moment only be sold in California so it won't be an answer to oil usage in Hawaii.
Until we can power electric cars with electricity made from something other than oil, running electric cars will not help.
Ecologically speaking, animal powered vehicles may be the only valid answer. They don't take oil, energy or metal to create, they run (well, at least amble) on entirely renewable fuels and they can become food or fertilizer afterwards. They are very limited in range, speed and power, though. Guess folks will just have to live closer to everything and quit going to town as much.
Until we can power electric cars with electricity made from something other than oil, running electric cars will not help.
Ecologically speaking, animal powered vehicles may be the only valid answer. They don't take oil, energy or metal to create, they run (well, at least amble) on entirely renewable fuels and they can become food or fertilizer afterwards. They are very limited in range, speed and power, though. Guess folks will just have to live closer to everything and quit going to town as much.
Kurt Wilson