Electric cars will allegedly put Hawaii on the road to independence - Times Online

Hawaii is to become the first US state to create a transport infrastructure that will allow cars to run almost entirely on electricity.

The plan involves building up to 100,000 charging stations in car parks and streets by 2012 and importing electric vehicles manufactured by a joint venture between Nissan and Renault.
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The electricity is expected to come from renewable sources, such as wind power. All of this will require a significant investment, however, because Hawaii has limited wind power and there are no transmission lines to carry electricity between the islands.
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— Wind power provides 1 per cent of Hawaii’s energy

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What a laugh! Have they added up how many windmills they would need to do that? Hawaii wouldn't be big enough