Don’t we deserve to breathe cleaner air?

[ASEAN NOW News]

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The world is desperate to eliminate fossil fuels, but is it happening fast enough?

 

Many countries especially in Europe are desperately trying to replace dependance on Russian gas, and some are even considering importing coal from Australia…. surely a step in the wrong way!!!

 

SE Asia is also suffering from poor air pollution.

 

According to the news this week, Vietnam will implement a plan to eliminate fossil-fuel vehicles, tighten emission control and add more green spaces to urban areas.

 

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday approved the National Strategy for Environmental Protection to 2030 with a vision until 2050, in which the government sets targets to prevent the increasing trend of environmental pollution, solve urgent environmental problems, and step by step improve and restore environmental quality.

 

Aside from developing a roadmap to phase out fossil fuel vehicles, which mean those running on gasoline, diesel or other fossil fuels, the plan will promote the use of non-motorized, eco-friendly means of transport like bicycles, electric vehicles and those run on clean and renewable energy.

 

Solar power in the Philippines

 

Over in the Philippines Pampanga-based renewable energy developer Raslag Corp. is tapping the stock market to raise huge sums for its two solar projects. 

 

The Raslag founder is also optimistic for the country’s renewable energy sector, especially solar power, as opportunities remain rosy for solar power firms.

 

Solar power is clean, and prices stay stable.

 

Nepomuceno said one of the advantages of solar is that its prices do not go up as compared to the volatile prices of coal and fuel.

 

“The price of solar does not go up, but the price of coal and bunker fuel and other fuels keeps going up. So eventually, solar becomes cheaper. It will be cheaper than coal or other fuels. And besides, it will be helping the climate by putting in more renewables,” he said.

 

Unhealthy levels

 

This week across Thailand the air pollution monitors have registered unhealthy levels, and people have actually been warned to stay indoors in some areas during the country’s Songkran festival.

 

This morning in HCMC the air quality was 154 which was shown as unhealthy.

 

It is likely to get worse before governments are forced by public opinion to take drastic action.

 

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[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

It's tiresome reading these diversions, so I don't read them. You could eliminate 100% of fossil fuels tomorrow (good thing, of course), but the difference it would make to the smog we breathe = nought.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 22, 2022 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

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On 4/22/2022 at 7:38 PM, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

You could eliminate 100% of fossil fuels tomorrow

Much of the haze in Southern Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore that we suffer some years around July to September is driven by increasing demand for palm oil as a biofuel! 

[AMcC]

"Don’t we deserve to breathe cleaner air?"

Surely, the plastic/paper/cloth masks people are mandated to wear will provide you with clean, filtered air, no?