Thai Dan

I'm here all week! https://group.met.com/fyouture/natural-gas-vs-coal/66 (the first result from a search) 50% cleaner than coal. Natural gas plants can be idled and turned to full power, or anything in between, 24/7. But I must apologize: This is about Tuk Tuks, and I think it's fine if they move all 20k+ of them to battery power. I have a feeling the Tuk Tuks that Bangkok Metal Works is talking about producing are based on the following study: https://www.engineeringforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tuk-Tuk-in-Thailand.pdf And anything under THB 100,000 will be without the batteries (read the study). My issues center more around setting close/near deadlines to convert ALL or produce ONLY electric vehicles by some arbitrary date with no way to pay for it without bankrupting an already bankrupt population, and in many cases taking away their livelihood in the same stroke. Don't give corruption a chance either, please.....

At what cost and what environmental impact? LPG is a good, clean option and Thailand should be proud they have gone that route to the extent they have. Pushing for more solar and wind, with the associated costs and environmental impacts in the current covid economy (not to mention this administration), would be the final nails in the coffin. Would you like to see the economy recover? Most people would.

Natural gas is much cleaner than coal and relatively cheap. Thailand produces approximately 5.5 kWh of electricity from solar out of a total electricity generation of approximately 170 kWh. I say enforce the LPG rules for now.

More data from EIA:

According to EIA:

And where does Thailand's electricity come from? Trading LPG for coal? Hmm. Maybe if they install windmills on the farmland and the beaches all will be good!