We have been
witnessing euphoria about electric car production in our public discourse, with
the government aiming to mass produce 10,000 such vehicles in 2014. This talk
about electric cars emerges of a government policy to curb fuel subsidies.
Because of the
growing public awareness about global warming, the increasingly urgent need to
reduce carbon emissions, and also the government policy to curb fuel subsidies,
electric cars couldn`t be avoided anymore.
The electric
cars have some social benefits when compared to petroleum-fueled cars. First, using
the electrical energy derived from domestic power will increase economic
growth. Second, the reduction of air pollution and noise levels will improve
public healthy quality. Third, the intensive use of electricity infrastructure
will optimize the value to be gained from electricity infrastructure; and,
fifth, potential for reducing renewable
electricity integration cost.
However, the
electric cars also have some disadvantages. First, increasing traffic congestion in many places
where people more like to use private car. Second, the pollution effect from the competition in
using electric power resources between electric car and industry. Third,
increase traffic accident because of the sound from electric car is less noisy
to heard by the pedestrian. Fourth, the
rising potential cost of electricity infrastructure if smart charging
technology is not well developed.
Generally, I
agree with Mr. Teddy Lesmana, the writer of the article, about unreadiness the
government in developing mass production. But , I still optimist this project
will going on like our hope. As long as the government seriuos to develope the supporting
infrastructure for electric cars. Because, if the supporting infrastructure not well enough
developed, the aim of the government to decrease fuel consumption will fail and
people will back to petroleum-fueled transportation. After that, the government
should popularize and make sure the people about the capability of the electric
cars and this transportation safe, convenient, and reliable to ride everywhere.
Like what dega has said in this post Electric Cars has so many benefit. It will reduce the air pollution that's very high nowadays.If the air pollution decrease , people's health will increase .
BalasHapusBut i think it'll need a high cost to produce the electrical car.but it'll give so many benefit to our country so it's worth to do.
But i think traffic accident wont increase so much because pedestrian can see the cars although it's not noisy to heard.
i also agree with what Dega said, Electric Cars make environment more clean. i think private cars and motor vehicle must be use electric too because in Indonesia the amount of private cars and motor vehicle is far above the amount of public transport so if government just make public transportation use electric i think the pollution is not gonna change.
BalasHapusAlso if government use electric cars to make public transport they must think about the electric solution because electric cars didn't have much power to run as long as petroleum-fueled cars, electric cars must make a bigger battery but if the battery big time to charge the battery is much longer so government must think a solution to make charge more simple.