Elio had no problem refunding my modest deposit as a mailed check, though it's still in the mail at the moment. I was not all-in and don't know how others have fared.
After reading too many articles about insoluble debt, I had to bail, but I don't blame Elio, rather the American people who are...
My take on Elio's decline is that most people are too dumb, greedy and/or shortsighted to understand or care that:
Oil is finite. Abiotic oil has never been proved in any significant amount, if at all.
Given the truth of point 1, oil shouldn't be squandered at any price, but most people still...