Was on our way home one day on the odd occasion that our son was picked up from school. In between that 10 kilometer Jeepney ride between his school and our home I noticed that there were 9 gasoline stations already plying their trade.
10 years ago, if I’m remembering this correctly, there were only about 5 gasoline stations offering up fuel to the long distance travellers heading to some far off province.
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Senate Bill 2856 sponsored by Senator Ralph Recto calls for fiscal incentives to be given by the government to importers, manufacturers and users of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV). In his sponsorship speech he pointed out the irony that Alternative Fuel Vehicles were much more expensive to buy than traditional fossil fuel powered vehicles. Which could be attributed to the high cost of the technology because of the low adoption rate (because of its high selling price) and because of the taxes imposed on the said vehicles which does not differentiate between traditional vehicles and AFV’s.
AFV’s were defined as those being powered by non-traditional fossil fuel sources such as electricity, natural gas, etc or those using hybrid technology which uses both electricity and gasoline to run.
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Two days from now on the 27th of November, Davao City will play host to the Philippine Auto-LPG Summit. The summit venue is the Waterfront Insular Hotel and will start at 8 AM and end at 5PM.
The one day event aims to impart to the concerned individuals and groups the mandatory standards required in the Auto-LPG industry. These specifically governing the automotive LPG cylinders, dispensing stations requirements and procedures as well as registration requirements of vehicles using automotive LPG.
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The Philippine Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board, which governs the Public Utility vehicles in the country, has allowed some transport groups to use old surplus Auto LPG engines instead of the mixed diesel-LPG that was intially proposed.
I guess this comes right after the Philippine Department of Energy announced that they were sceptical on the viability of a diesel engine running on a partial LPG mix (30%LPG 70% diesel). Especially when it comes to the safety part
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After announcing that the Philippine Government would offer soft loans for Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) owners to convert their diesel engines to run on a 70-30 mixed blend of diesel and auto-LPG, the Department of Energy recalls the statement saying they’ve discovered that the mixed fuel type is not safe and probably wouldn’t work.
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