Excellent opportunity for Electric cars and filling stations

[ejaydq]

IMHO, electric cars are not feasibly environment-friendly IF USED in The Philippines because majority of power plants here are fueled by coal and fossil fuel. with this, we are just going to burn coals to power an e-car instead of petrol or diesel which is equally destructive to the environment. in the end, nothing has changed.

syempre meron hindi naman lahat fueled by coal meron naman tayong hydro saka gamitin man natin yung kuryente o hindi mag burn parin sila ng coal for it to be available

[ghosthunter]

syempre meron hindi naman lahat fueled by coal meron naman tayong hydro saka gamitin man natin yung kuryente o hindi mag burn parin sila ng coal for it to be available

Coal fired power stations cannot just shutdown when they want to. They have to keep the boilers fired up all the time.

The only type of power station that can shut-down are the gas-turbine type of power generators, the type which the Ramos administration brought in to help in the electricity deficit during those years. Of course, gas-turbines are more expensive to run because of the more expensive fuel they require.

Renewable power sources is a simple excuse that these electric cars manufacturers use to get people to "go green" but power from renewable is NOT FREE. The amount of investment is actually higher per kilowatt produced. This is why is it difficult for first world countries to go "renewable" powers sources like solar and wind.

IF that is the case for first world nations, why should a 3rd world country like the Philippines invest much of it's money into so-called green technology that we can ill-afford? We should have gone for nuclear power because it would give us a cheap source of power that does not pollute the environment.

Example: our expensive electric bill versus the cheap electricity that first world nations enjoy.