EVs - do they really lessen pollution?

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Renewables not taking off in PH? Why?

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Rizal Philippines
May 26, 2018

I did a great deal of study on renewables especially solar. But several thing are standing in the way of renewables:

1. The idea that we must provide low cost electricity to the people (political motive) And coal is about P3.00+  per kwh.   Solar would be about  P10+  because of low FIT

2.  The DUI are not buying the more expensive solar.

3. The power gen from the  rooftop has been effectively stopped by a big DUI. The max  amount that can be bought by DUI is 100 kwh, and only at Generation cost which is very low.l...

But Houston, Earth has a big problem on Energy:

People from DOE (kaya kayo sinususpende ni Du30 eh) you are not thinking well of the world and country's future.  You are thinking with your  wallets...Para sa bayan please:

5 years have passed and what have done about pollution?

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Rizal Philippines  | February  18, 2015

                      The rust colored cloud of pollutants hide the BGC building almost completely

It is Ash Wednesday today.  It is reminder that there are plenty of pollutants:  of ash and dust at MM air.  And nothing yet has been done to reduce its volume, or growth.  The clean air act, the EMB, DENR are powerless to control this or enforce the law?

                       Some buildings are partly visible

                        Buildings at Sucat

   Visibility (and pollution too) has gone from bad to worse?

                       The MM is invisible from mt top

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                     Our town is shrouded by pollutants

Air is cold and and smoke settles down to pollute the air

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Rizal Philippines   |  January 10 2015

As I rode out today, I could not help but notice the thick opaque air that is settling on the roads.   Maybe they do not damage our lungs and our health.

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These were the air pollution I noticed yesterday at C6 on December 1, 2013

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Rizal Philippines  |  December 2, 2013

I noticed the dark horizon as I biked with our group on the way to Ternate Cavite.  I took this picture at C6;  notice the rust color of the sky:

                                        Notice the rust colored band on the horizon

How does air quality in MM look today?

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Antipolo City, PHL    |  June 8, 2013

               Photo taken from Antipolo City, near Mangga, the biker's haven

I took this picture of MM skyline today.  What do you think?

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Air Pollution in Angono, Rizal

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Angono, Rizal Philippines  |  June 8, 2013

 

 At Manila East Road near the bridge;  it is like a solar eclipse



Here are a few pictures of air pollution in Angono, Rizal

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More air pollution photos today June 2, 2013 - from jeepneys, trucks and tricycles

 It is like a war zone or forest fire scene in Beverly Hills road

 This tricycle who is not allowed by law to be here violates the law even further with this pollution!

 The contrails are left behind by the tricycle

 I hope this fellow biker can hold his breath long enough

 I was wrong about the trucks;  many have foul fuel system

Just a few polluters change the visibility and air opacity

 More polluters at the road beside Alta Vista

 You cant apprehend them because the smoke hides cleverly the plate number

An assembled AUV is a top polluter?

All of a sudden visibility became so poor, in an instant from this jeep's emission

 Can we live with this if there is no abatement?  Dont you think, this is worse than global warming or floods?

 It is so bad bad bad....

Air pollution from jeepneys today May 19 2013

Antipolo City, PHL   May 19, 2013

 Can anyone beat what this guy did today?



These are superb pictures of the jeepneys doing the things they love most doing:  transporting passengers efficiently, they making livelihood, and us living less.

At Manila East Road near SM area

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At Beverly hills area.

                                 A king of the road ascending

                                   Smokesreen at work;  you could not read their plates

                               The aftermath;   so you think this car is a polluter?

                                    The black smoke persists

                                     Polluted air in front of Beverly Hills Antipolo City

                                   Race to the top;   Red Jeepney leading

                                  Bridgestone jeepney on top look to the right side of the pic

                              It was hard to breathe at this point

                                   Wow, great plume of black smoke

                                  The vehicle behind is not to be outdone

                              This Nissan Urvan is also a culprit

                                Note the wisps of black smoke at the side of the blue jeep

                     Nearing the Antipolo church, this jeep eases of the accelerator a bit

It takes a special kind of skill to take these pictures;  sometimes, you see, sometimes you don't.   If you do not time your shot perfectly, you miss seeing/recording the plume of smoke and you end up with a clean picture