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Re:Jakarta's Aeromovel – mass transit powered by pressurized... by xeniak on Sunday October 16, 2016 @07:59PM (#12721800)
> generated by electric blowers

Is the electricity generation clean? Unlikely in SEA.

Re:Jakarta's Aeromovel – mass transit powered by pressurized... by curtis on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:09PM (#12722059)
> Is the electricity generation clean? Unlikely in SEA.

No doubt true, but possibly the wrong question to be asking. Is a coal fired plant outside of Jakarta going to produce less pollution than all those buses and cheap motorcyles generating their pollution right where all the people are?

Re:Jakarta's Aeromovel – mass transit powered by pressurized... by rgbrenner on Sunday October 16, 2016 @08:34PM (#12721950)
Indonesia uses 95% fossil fuels: oil (46%), coal (31%), and gas (18%). https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/178039/i...

I don't think they really cared about that though.. this was a pilot project