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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
At any rate, your situation is not common in those regions where electric cars would really benefit the populace--major cities and surrounding suburbs, primarily.
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Excuse me, but Honolulu
IS a "major city", and I live in a "surrounding suburb" of Honolulu. My typical commute is five miles one way, and an electric vehicle would be imminently practical for me.
The truth is that Hawaii was a US territory until 60 years ago, and building codes were nearly nonexistent, and those in place were largely ignored until well into the eighties. There are a very many private homes here where the codes are grandfathered, and the electrical, plumbing and framing are woefully inadequate.
And if I moved, it would probably be to somewhere that had a 20 mile/1 hour commute. How could that save anyting either ecologically or economically?