Quote Originally Posted by Lew_Alcindor View Post
For commercial purposes, I would go for geothermal energy at this point. Renewable and we have lots of it in the country. However, it is not being developed because IMO, we get caught up with the more popular renewables (i.e. solar and wind) that is being pushed by other countries.
Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
I recall during a forum, the Energy Secretary at the time said our problem is that the geothermal sites that are undeveloped can't be developed due to political issues with the NPA and indigenous tribes.
Not all volcanoes can be tapped for geothermal power, dapat hindi siya active (so Mayon, Taal, Pinatubo, etc. are out), dapat hindi rin corrosive/acidic ang steam na lumalabas (e.g. Pinatubo in the 80s) otherwise tutunawin lang ang mga tubo and lastly dapat pumayag din ang community (geothermal power is not really that "clean", nag-re-release din siya ng heavy metals into the atmosphere and into the water (still cleaner than oil/coal though) and the land around the plant may also suffer from subsidence kasi you are pumping out steam and water out of the ground).