COLORADO SPRINGS, USA – In New York, old subway cars are dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to house marine life as an artificial reef. Its advantages are: spacious interiors, weight which makes it resistant to ocean current, and its sturdy construction will prevent rapid deterioration. Divers observed that “fishes moved in the day the car went down”. Tunas, mackerels and sea bass apparently abandoned their ocean floor abode to live in these subway cars.

How I wish we can sink at the Guimaras Strait all the smoke belching and dilapidated taxis and jeepneys and replace it with liquid natural gas (LNG) powered buses. This way we will be hitting two birds with one stone: solve our traffic and air pollution problem and increase fish population at Guimaras Strait.

Wind power in the U.S. accounts for only 1% of the nation’s electric power supply but it is forecast that by 2030, wind energy could generate 20% of the nation’s electricity. To reach the 20% production level, wind turbines will have to produce 300,000 MW compared to only 16,000 MW being generated today. It is just unfortunate that in the Philippines only in Ilocos Norte do we have wind power potential contrary to the false claim of RISE that wind power is available in Panay Island.

The threat of a $4/gal. or more cost of gasoline is looming as summer time approaches and had caused the U.S. government to formulate the following energy plans:

1. Pump oil from the Alaska’s Arctic National Wild Life Refuge (ANWR), presently off limits to oil drilling. The coastal strip of ANWR probably has 11 billion barrels (l barrel = 159 liters) of oil. If it can only extract just one million barrels/day, then it will reduce U.S. reliance on imports. With modern technology, wildlife and the environment can be protected but the activists environmentalists group would not listen.
2. Develop vast amounts of oil and natural gas in off shore waters which until now is still off limits to drillers. For a quarter century energy development has been blocked by environmentalists in more than 80% of U.S. coastal waters, depriving the country of vast oil and gas resources.

The environmentalists/activists here are of the same mold as the group of Purzuelo, Lim and Del Rosario who claims to be green but of different color to the core. This group in Iloilo would use doomsday scenario on environmental scare and global warming (with theatrical effects in the case of Del Rosario by displaying his small child while speaking before a crowd on the “horrors” of coal plant). This is their bottomless well of excuses in their campaign to stop the use of coal in Iloilo City. They will assert: “don’t use imported oil but at the same time saying no to coal-fired power plant here in Panay. RISE is certainly obstructing the progress of Panay Island.

Here at a place called Monument about 8 miles from where this writer is residing, 90-foot natural gas drill rigs are being set up on a national forest land near a plush subdivision. 500, repeat 500 wells are planned to be drilled in the hills west of Monument forest of Ponderosa pines. Certainly the homeowners majority of whom are retirees are complaining since some of the drill rigs are barely 100 yards from their homes. But they are also practical and patriotic people and so while they oppose gas drilling near their homes they are resigned to the fact “that the law says what it says and the argument not in my back yard won’t work”. Hopefully the RISE people in Iloilo will learn from the intelligent residents of Monument, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

One Response to “Dateline USA [Part 3]”

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  Dr. Antonio Gestosani
  May 27th, 2008 22:02

  Mr. Manaay, this is why I am a republican and I believe in the conservative values that this party stands for. This party is strong in security; promotes strong family values; and a sound economic agenda by low taxes. This party encourages investment by lowering capital gain tax and favors capitalism. And, this party promotes energy independence through alternative fuel exploration, including a propose drilling of oil in our soil. Yes, the left wing party is impediment to these ideas, politics as usual. The Bush administration is unpopular here and abroad, but he assumes his office in 2001 when we were attack right in our soil, and I saw his teary-eyes when stood at grown zero never to bow to the terrorist and defeat them wherever they are. He said, we will come after you! That is why my friends, we are fighting them in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don’t let them come here again! Long live the USA.

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