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Environment & Energy

hunter

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1. Seems to me the question will be moot in a few years...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 10:20 PM

May 2015

... as electric cars become common.

Range anxiety isn't a big problem. The length of Oahu's shoreline is 227 miles and most road trips are much shorter than that.

"Interstate" H-1, for example," is less than thirty miles long and its notorious congestion is an ideal environment for modern electric vehicles with regenerative braking.

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Hawaii enters national debate over future of ethanol in gas [View all] Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

Seems to me the question will be moot in a few years... hunter May 2015 #1

LOL..How long do you think it will take for electric cars to "become common"? Bill USA May 2015 #2

My car has a salvage title and was made more than thirty years ago. It's older than my kids. hunter May 2015 #3