Monday, December 05, 2005

environmentalist philippine senator richard "dick" gordon

On November 8, 2005, Senator Richard J. Gordon urged the government to utilize the petroleum oil tank farm and pipeline located inside the Subic Bay Freeport to jumpstart the use of ethanol as renewable source of energy.

"We need to bring in ethanol and promote its use as alternative fuel in our country which we have the capacity to produce locally from indigenous agricultural crops such as sugar cane, cassava, and corn under a sustainable system," Gordon said.

I found his blog regarding the article and posted a comment. I want to see if he comments back. It doesn't even seem like he or his admin checks the blog often, it's filled with spam.

here's my reply to the Senator.

senator, i admire how you're proactive in regards to helping optimize energy usage in the philippines.

the united states seems to have a hard time changing to ethanol, it seems like more and more people are interested in purchasing gas/electric hybrid cars than ethanol-powered cars.

the popular hybrid cars -- the toyota prius, honda insight and the honda civic hybrid -- are getting around 50 US mpg (4.7 L/100km). hopefully honda and toyota market these energy efficient cars successfully in the philippines, helping manila's grey haze.

it would probably be helpful if the top movie "love teams" would promote these cars.

i haven't been back since early 2001, so i'm not up to date with the auto industry's current marketing, but back in 2001, the main commercials were still the same -- alcohol, fast food chains, hair products and detergent; in that order.

the country needs to help promote health. health for the country and for the people in the country.

i do not remember commercials regarding the environment. if there were any, i forgot about them, probably because they were not entertaining.

what about educating the public about their health (thetruth.com) and their country's health?

since entertainment is such an influential factor in the philippines, possibly it can be used not just to win elections, but to increase awareness in improving the environmental needs and health care issues of the country.

i hope one day, we can walk around downtown manila and see the true color of the sky above.

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