Makati City is mulling over the phasing out of diesel powered jeepneys in its streets and is opting to replace them with E-jeepneys or Electronically/Battery powered jeeps for public transport. It's bad news for the jeepney operators but its good news for Mother Nature and for the Environmentalists.
Metro Manila is considered as on of the worst polluted cities in the world, no thanks to the thousands of diesel powered jeepneys and buses which use Japanese surplus engines. The result is higher pollution and more destructive effects on the environment and on the health of the public.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the public transport sector on solely polluting our environment but it's the use of surplus engines that caused the deterioration of the air quality in the Metro. The operators prefer using surplus engines since it's a lot more cheaper and affordable and we all know that our country is a developing nation for the last, 40 years or more. No thanks to our corrupt leaders and officials, we never made it as a technologically advanced nation and probably never will....
I believe that the Government is finally doing something right to solve our problem on pollution and to combat the extreme prices of fossil fuel. E-jeepneys are more practical to use in the near future since it emits less or zero pollution, less noisy and hopefully, the fare is cheaper too. It's doubtful if the Government can git rid of the old diesel powered jeeps and buses without much resistance from the operators. Filipinos love to go on rallies on the smallest problems so expect huge daily protests when the phase out begins.
But it has to be done, for our environment and for our health. Humans are naturally stubborn in accepting sudden changes in their lives but once we realize that it's for the best, we eventually embrace the transformation. Remember, it's less than a 100 years ago when we used horses and carriages as our primary means of transportation, now we're using jumbo jets and space shuttles.
Metro Manila is considered as on of the worst polluted cities in the world, no thanks to the thousands of diesel powered jeepneys and buses which use Japanese surplus engines. The result is higher pollution and more destructive effects on the environment and on the health of the public.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming the public transport sector on solely polluting our environment but it's the use of surplus engines that caused the deterioration of the air quality in the Metro. The operators prefer using surplus engines since it's a lot more cheaper and affordable and we all know that our country is a developing nation for the last, 40 years or more. No thanks to our corrupt leaders and officials, we never made it as a technologically advanced nation and probably never will....
I believe that the Government is finally doing something right to solve our problem on pollution and to combat the extreme prices of fossil fuel. E-jeepneys are more practical to use in the near future since it emits less or zero pollution, less noisy and hopefully, the fare is cheaper too. It's doubtful if the Government can git rid of the old diesel powered jeeps and buses without much resistance from the operators. Filipinos love to go on rallies on the smallest problems so expect huge daily protests when the phase out begins.
But it has to be done, for our environment and for our health. Humans are naturally stubborn in accepting sudden changes in their lives but once we realize that it's for the best, we eventually embrace the transformation. Remember, it's less than a 100 years ago when we used horses and carriages as our primary means of transportation, now we're using jumbo jets and space shuttles.
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