[Shop-talk] Nova - PBS show

[Nolan]

> An interesting tidbit I recently discovered. Oklahoma has a law that says>
> anyone who works on an "alternative fuel" vehicle (hybrid, electric, LNG,> 
> LP,
> fuel cell, whatever) has to have a special certification that can cost> 
> over
> $1000 to get. Each violation is punishable by a $1000 fine and/or 1> year 
> in
> jail. This applies to anyone, even if I'm working on my own> vehicle. So 
> if I
> wanted to build an electric Spitfire, I could be fined and> thrown in 
> jail.

I'm going to call BS on this one.  I just went digging around in Oklahoma 
laws for fuels, vehicles, vehicle repairs and such and found absolutely 
nothing like this claim.  In fact, it's exactly the opposite.