MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has warned limitations in Philippines’ energy, saying “there is a need for national energy independence.”ADVERTISEMENT“I calculate about 60-70 percent of our energy requirements are imported,” Enrile said in a fourth episode of Itanong Mo kay Mang Johnny, a multiplatform phone-in show aired on Radyo Inquirer and Inquirer 990 Television. “We don’t have oil, we don’t have natural gas. “Wind and solar each probably contribute only one percent And solar requires a lot of land, eventually you have to decide whether you will use land to grow food or produce energy,” Enrile said, referring to the limitations of Philippines’ source of energy. We may have oil here in the country, but we don’t have the money (to explore for it),” he said. When asked about his opinion on improving the country’s armed forces, Enrile called for a stronger Navy and Air Force in the Philippines.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 22, 2019 12:00 UTC