 Sky High Gas Prices in Hawaii
MTI wrote:
> Perhaps the citizens of Hawaii should take the opportunity of rising gas
> prices to seriously re-evaluate their choice of vehicles. Living on an
> island with a mild and moderate climate, do that many people need
> SUV's or
try going up Mauna Kea without one.
And then there's those of use who transport stuff.
> 300+ horsepower powered cars?
Those I don't know about ...
> Do high school students require having
> "their
> own" car?
Depends on where you are, what the high school student and parents
do and how far you commute to school. I for one can't get off of work
to get a high school student home after extracurricular activities
on an almost daily basis, let alone cut it out of my sleeping hours
to pick them up after theater performances. 3 miles up hill may be
walkable even in the middle of the night, without much street lighting
and without curbs - never mind that it might rain 2"/hour (OK, we've
seen 9" in an hour) -, but those who live 20 miles from their high
school have more problems than that. You mean you think there's a
bus going into Hamakua or Puna from Hilo at 11 p.m., or even at 9?
(That's talking about students I know. I very much doubt that the
tranportation from the high schools is better.)
Maren
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