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September 2nd, 2009 01:17 AM #21
You forget,
Greenpeace (the main proponent) know very well this lead acid batteries and toxic waste you are talking about. I think they even have more first hand information through their numerous papers about this than you do with all due respect.
That old jeepney can be as clean or even cleaner if you just use appropriate tech like converting the surplus diesel engine to a refurbished gasoline engine with Auto-LPG conversion kit. What you end up is a jeepney that have emissions to meet and beat the clean air requirements for cars.
How the government opted with CNG?
Besides, how come i dont see jeepneys, AUVs, Fxs converted to auto-LPG? If it is viable, how come there is no mad scramble for LPG kits?
The plus side, no need to have new infrastructure set up like a battery charging station. Heck! ... where does the electricity to charge the batteries come from anyway? Oil and coal burning powerplants, that's where.
So you argue, "solar!"...
Yes, solar can be used BUT it is pricey and you need a very big (read: very expensive) solar array to charge a single e-jeepney's battery pack. How do you charge the other battery packs then?
With regular jeepneys running on Auto-LPG, you don't need to setup new facilities since it's already there servicing taxi cabs and private cars as well. Given LPG is cheaper than gasoline and diesel, it pays for itself in fuel cost savings.
[quote]Again, I doubt.
Anyway, your idea was endorsed by the Arroyo based on this article:
Arroyo announces P1-B fund for fuel efficient PUVs
Transport group focusing on conversion to LPG
By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:10:00 06/16/2008
Filed Under: Oil & Gas - Downstream activities, Road Transport, Transport
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 3) The Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) launched Monday fuel efficient public utility vehicles that sought to save on fuel while increasing drivers' income.
During the 21st anniversary of the LTFRB, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced the release of the P1 billion fund from the “Katas ng VAT” for PUV drivers to enable them to convert their diesel engines to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or compressed natural gas engines.
At the same time, she acknowledged the high cost of converting engines.
“Ngayon abot sa P200,000 ang kailangan kung magpapalit ng makina. Aabot ng P70,000 kung bibili ng conversion kit at aabot sa P550,000 kung bibili ng bagong jeepney na gumagamit na ng [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]alternative [COLOR=blue ! important]fuels[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]
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Kaya tutulungan kayo ng pamahalaan [Now, the cost of changing engines can reach P200,000. A conversion kit can cost P70,000 and a new jeepney that uses alternative fuel can cost P550,000. So the administration will help you],” she said.
Those who would like to avail this benefit will just have to go to any Development Bank of the Philippines and Postal Bank to apply.
Arroyo added that drivers could pay without interest P80 a day for two years.
LTFRB chairman Thompson Lantion said the initial project would allow drivers to convert their engines to run on 70% diesel and 30% LPG. Arroyo said the target would be to convert the engines initially of 10,000 PUVs.
Lantion said that as of now, 20 jeepneys and 10,000 taxis were running on a mix of diesel and natural gas.Riza Olchondria, Philippine Daily Inquirer
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September 2nd, 2009 01:27 AM #22
Yet you fail to see that is already in front of your face.
The same technology used for Auto-LPG can be re-tooled to use methane produced by garbage heaps, bio-reactors, etc.
Why limit ourselves with expensive & often limited "green" technology when there are cheaper and more effective existing technology already available.
You seem to be deluded in the fact that we don't have the market to sustain such technology transfer programs to become economically viable.
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September 2nd, 2009 01:48 AM #23Cite the school.
But the point is, is that 60% local stuff critical parts? No! Don't argue percentages when the critical components are still all imported.
It's just like arguing the percentage of a locally built bus. It might be 80% local but it's critical parts are still all imported.
And what about these Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Hyundais, Kias...all-imported, what benefits our local economy get? Or plain and simple drain to our national coffers?
So what is beneficial for you?
Well, buying and properly applying the correct technology like Auto-LPG kits can lead to better solutions that are self-sustaining and socially beneficial like public transport that can be both cheap for the riding public yet profitable for the operator.
Government subsidy? Where will the government get the money?Saddled with 4.3 trillion peso debt caused by a yearly 8-11 billion trade deficits due to massive importation, where will the government get the foreign exchange to import again auto lpg kits?
What is the point of trying to be "green" or "locally-made" when it is not economically feasible to be self-sustaining?
Is that your idea of self-sustaining?
How about the maintenance of this? Import spareparts again? Imports subjected to foreign exchange fluctuations ?
In the long run, going local is better. More local materials, technology and labor, more employment and income.. and greener environment..
You are citing countries with populations that can sustain such enterprises into technology transfer.
Our population is bigger than Malaysia.
Unfortunately the Philippine experience in such ventures of so-called "technology transfer" is nothing more than simply a bust. Our car companies are nothing more than assembly plants for parts shipped from abroad. Most critical parts (like engines) are still made elsewhere as it was for decades.
So want do you want. Remain like this? A perpetual importer of vehicles?
You are also confirming the fact that we can never get anything from this car companies including technology transfer. They are only after our income and foreign exchange and nothing more.
Why not start now, perhaps in 10, 20, 30, 40 years we can build our own locally made vehicle.
Its an embarassment for a country supposedly predicted by international agencies that we are among the emerging 11 countries in the future without a respectable auto industry.
Why not start from this vehicle you incessantly berating?
In the end, if we can master this technology, we might graduate from just making this ee jeepneys.
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September 2nd, 2009 02:00 AM #24
Knowing and actually using it in society are two very different things.
Hmmm..how come the government did not think about this?
How the government opted with CNG?
Besides, how come i dont see jeepneys, AUVs, Fxs converted to auto-LPG? If it is viable, how come there is no mad scramble for LPG kits?
Its not as if they have to be a rolling billboard saying they are Auto-LPG fueled like those e-jeeps. These vehicles are just the same from the outside and inside as well except for the LPG tank which is hidden under a weirdly proportioned bench seat inside the rear passenger cabin.
Given I refuel my car on LPG, I have spent time at Auto-LPG stations. I have chatted with many drivers of AUV/FX. I also have seen their vehicles as well as many of them are proud to show off their setups to me with the smallest of requests.
So where does LPG come (how do you extract it or process it) from anyway? straight from the ground without using energy also?
By creating a bigger market for it, LPG is now used to do something instead of simply being burned off by flaring at the oil wells.
How about powerplants using biogas (for the Bacolod e-phuv), biomass, hydroelectric, wind etc.
Massive hydro-electric power stations destroys the environment it is built at. Micro hydroelectric generators are only good for powering basic lighting & low power stuff. And they are limited to certain locations as well.
Biomass/Biogas... great if you have the organic matter and space to produce enough of it for the long term.
Are you going to refit discrepit jeepneys or huge, inefficient and brontosaurus size jeepneys with LPG fed gasoline engines?
Of course not! ... No one is that stupid, right? Give them an alternative and let the market sort itself out. Producing an option for public transport that can run on cheaper and cleaner fuels can be done right now. All it just needs is someone to show them how to connect the two dots.
Anyway, your idea was endorsed by the Arroyo based on this article:
What happen to this?
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September 2nd, 2009 02:04 AM #25
Yet you fail to see that is already in front of your face is that the idea of auto -LPG running jeepneys never materialized or will mostly fail.
Now, if you think auto LPG using the same technology can be retooled to use methane, how come I dont hear anything about this?
Or your are just deluded by the fact that if it will work with cars it will work with jeepneys?
Who said that there is a market right now to sustain technology transfer programs to become economically viable? Maybe you are, pardon me quite deluded about this assumption.
I keep on saying maybe, in the future. But right now, its to early to tell.
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September 2nd, 2009 02:44 AM #26
You mentioned it so I am asking you.
Still local parts no matter how insignificant.Point is, you are using local material, technology and labor. Which means local employment and income.
And what about these Toyotas, Mitsubishis, Hyundais, Kias...all-imported, what benefits our local economy get? Or plain and simple drain to our national coffers?
So what is beneficial for you?
Where will you get the kits? All-imported again? How much? Who will pay? barely earning jeepney drivers?
Government subsidy? Where will the government get the money?Saddled with 4.3 trillion peso debt caused by a yearly 8-11 billion trade deficits due to massive importation, where will the government get the foreign exchange to import again auto lpg kits?
The question is what is the point of trying to be "green" if its not economically feasible to be self-sustaining if you just come up with another idea of importing again kits neither a lowly jeepney driver nor the government ca afford?
Is that your idea of self-sustaining?
How about the maintenance of this? Import spareparts again? Imports subjected to foreign exchange fluctuations ?
In the long run, going local is better. More local materials, technology and labor, more employment and income.. and greener environment..
How about Malaysia?
Our population is bigger than Malaysia.
Also Malaysia imposed a strong protectionist policy to make it's local auto industry viable as well as government financial infusion to the malaysian car industry to produce it's own cars.
And of course today Malaysia exports its cars to other countries like UK, Australia and Singapore.
So want do you want. Remain like this? A perpetual importer of vehicles?
We used to export rice decades ago. Why not get back to that instead? Export rice and import vehicles?
You are also confirming the fact that we can never get anything from this car companies including technology transfer. They are only after our income and foreign exchange and nothing more.
Compare that to the 5M cars sold in China and 13M cars in the US in the same year.
Why not start now, perhaps in 10, 20, 30, 40 years we can build our own locally made vehicle.
Its an embarassment for a country supposedly predicted by international agencies that we are among the emerging 11 countries in the future without a respectable auto industry.
I find it more embarrassing that the Philippines is importing rice when the country was one of the biggest exporters of rices decades ago.
Now that is more embarrassing.
Why not start from this vehicle you incessantly berating?
In the end, if we can master this technology, we might graduate from just making this ee jeepneys.
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September 2nd, 2009 02:44 AM #27
Really, now. Why not tell that to Greenpeace. let see what you are talking about.
Our government is a short sighted pig. It only sees what is obvious and where financial kickbacks can be done.
importation. where will the government get the CNG? local. Coorect me if Im wrong. Where will you get the best kickback? importation or local procurement?
The government opted with CNG buses simply to "promote" the NG gas field. Yet it failed to mention that a major percentage of the production goes abroad. Guess who benefits from that?
Just to update you.
Singapore's Callandra to invest $160 million in CNG project in RP
By Donnabelle L. Gatdula
(The Philippine Star)
Updated August 27, 2009 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Callandra Liquefied CNG Fuels Corp. will invest about $160 million for its compressed natural gas projects in the Philippines, a top company official said.
Company president Randall Antonio said they are holding talks with various banks to raise 70 percent of the planned investment.
He said the remaining 30 percent will be infused by Callandra investors, composed of investment houses based in London and the United States. Callandra’s holding firm is based in Singapore.The investment would cover the establishment of six CNG refilling stations and a processing plant, he pointed out.Antonio said this project will be implemented three phases. The first phase is expected to be completed in mid-2010 with the company serving 2,000 CNG buses. The second phase will involve 3,500 buses and is expected to be completed by 2012.By 2014, the project is expected to be in full commercial operation involving 5,000 CNG buses.
You have probably seen more AUV/FXs running on Auto-LPG than you think.
Its not as if they have to be a rolling billboard saying they are Auto-LPG fueled like those e-jeeps. These vehicles are just the same from the outside and inside as well except for the LPG tank which is hidden under a weirdly proportioned bench seat inside the rear passenger cabin.
hmmm..So you monitor all of this vehicles?
How come I have seen alot of jeepneys, auvs and vans filling up diesel instead of auto lpg? Rarely do I see these type of vehicles lining up in stations with auto lpg.
Given I refuel my car on LPG, I have spent time at Auto-LPG stations. I have chatted with many drivers of AUV/FX. I also have seen their vehicles as well as many of them are proud to show off their setups to me with the smallest of requests.
Now, how many are these? how many stations with selling auto-lpg?
Yes it does come out of the gorund but it is a by-product which was normally flared off because it was not economically viable before to transport and sell it.
By creating a bigger market for it, LPG is now used to do something instead of simply being burned off by flaring at the oil wells.
Wind? In Metro Manila?
Do you know the function of Meralco or the functions of power distributors?
Massive hydro-electric power stations destroys the environment it is built at. Micro hydroelectric generators are only good for powering basic lighting & low power stuff. And they are limited to certain locations as well.
And by the way, who said massive hydroelectric or micro hydroelectric power stations?
The point is hydroelectric power station can be a source of electricity.
Biomass/Biogas... great if you have the organic matter and space to produce enough of it for the long term.
Are you going to give away enough e-jeeps and to replace all those existing jeepneys? Are you going to install enough "green" power generators to power all those recharging stations, financed all by Greenpeace?
How about you, are you sure of what might happen in the future?
Of course not! ... No one is that stupid, right? Give them an alternative and let the market sort itself out. Producing an option for public transport that can run on cheaper and cleaner fuels can be done right now. All it just needs is someone to show them how to connect the two dots.
So, where is your so-called dots? Is it viable?
Simple. It was government funded.
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September 2nd, 2009 02:54 AM #28
And this is coming from the same person who failed to notice the numbers of Auto-LPG fueled AUV/FX vehicles on the road?
Anyway, it doesn't take a genius to see the compatibility of methane for use in standard internal combustion engines.
Or your are just deluded by the fact that if it will work with cars it will work with jeepneys?
But the fact is, it is simpler for a jeepney to use Auto-LPG than for you to sustain the e-jeepney concept on a 100% green level. That doesn't even include the fact that critical components aren't even locally made.
Who said that there is a market right now to sustain technology transfer programs to become economically viable? Maybe you are, pardon me quite deluded about this assumption.
I keep on saying maybe, in the future. But right now, its to early to tell.
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September 2nd, 2009 03:13 AM #29
De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
But the point is to get critical technology to produce our own vehicles. What is the point in trying to do "technology transfer" when you dont get to produce the critical components?Beneficial is if we can get production of critical components within the country. This means the production will not be limited for local consumption but also for export as well so it can be done on a scale that will be economically viable.
Cant we let our local industry start again with the PHUVs? And perhaps, in 10-50 or even 100 years we can build our own low tech diesel, gasoline and electric engines?
At least we are giving a chance to our auto designers, mechanical engineers, IT engineers, metallurgical engineers a reason to work in this country instead of going out and perhaps a future?
Instead of these engineering as mere salesmen and agents of foreign car manufacturers?
If those same jeepney drivers somehow bought those jeepneys they are driving... they can somehow afford to buy kits that are proven to improve their income.
Besides, if thse auto-lpg is indeed viable, with Gloria offering billion pesos for the conversion of jeepneys, how come few availed?
Where and when have I given you the idea of asking the government for help?
I would say the same thing about your e-jeepney where the critical components are all imported as well. Where you going to buy those replacement parts and expensive controller electronics? its not that the local surplus shops would have parts for it.
Dont you have trust with local engineering capabilities of Pinoys?
And yet without the ability to produce the critical components, you are still stuck with importing them. If you stick with local, your idea of the e-jeepney will literally grind to a halt.
Yes, our population that lives below the poverty level is bigger than Malaysia.
Who has income, a fracton of the Philippine population. How do you jumpstart the income of millions of Pinoys? Gie them jobs by making them productive and buying local produce.
Also Malaysia imposed a strong protectionist policy to make it's local auto industry viable as well as government financial infusion to the malaysian car industry to produce it's own cars.
And of course today Malaysia exports its cars to other countries like UK, Australia and Singapore.
Why not? Being self-sufficient doesn't mean we have to produce everything within our borders. It just means we need enough trade of goods. Why force ourselves to do something we cannot sustain when there are other areas where the country can do better and benefit more people directly?
But importing everything? maybe you need to check you economic history
We used to export rice decades ago. Why not get back to that instead? Export rice and import vehicles?
And how many cars does the local car industry sell as a whole? In 2008, that is just under 125,000 units total.Compare that to the 5M cars sold in China and 13M cars in the US in the same year.
We are not even starting.
And how many of the 125,000 annual cars sold would those be?
So what? ... having a local auto industry is a measure for you?
I find it more embarrassing that the Philippines is importing rice when the country was one of the biggest exporters of rices decades ago.
Now that is more embarrassing.
Honestly from all you have said, I dont see the PHUV getting any more ground in its development than when it first started.
Merely an opinion, right?
Making electric cars is easy enough. Making it viable as a dependable and affordable transport is the hard part. Even first world countries are having problems adapting it beyond a few private individuals who would take pains to adjust their lives around the "green" tech.
I think otherwise.
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September 2nd, 2009 03:16 AM #30
there's this youtube article, about a 2000s altis, that had a high rpm on cold start (2000+ daw),...
high idle RPM at engine start