McNierney acknowledged that most customers may bypass the hand cranks but he insisted they are usable. (Six minutes of hand-cranking should produce an hour of run-time.) To test the feature, the organization took out the tablet batteries to see whether the devices could run just by hand crank.
First, most costs (other than the purchase price of items and repair materials) become miscellaneous itemized deductions, usable only to the extent they exceed 2% of his adjusted gross income.