MANILA, Philippines — Filipino inventor Ismael Aviso, famous in online free energy circles for creating a self-charging electric car (e-car) technology, boldly stated that he could have done better things with the government’s P450-million for fuel subsidy.

By “better things,” the 54-year-old Aviso meant he could be sharing his technology to at least 2,000 public utility jeeps (PUJs) and taxis and turn them into green vehicles that are emission-free and most importantly do not run on petroleum.

“With P450 million, naka-produce na sana tayo ng conversion kits para sa 2,000 jeep at taxi (We could have already produced conversion kits for 2,000 jeeps and taxis using the P450 million),” the inventor claimed.

As the name implies, the socalled conversion kits – when retrofitted on a fuel-chugging vehicle – can transform it into an “Aviso e-car” whose properties have been dubbed as miraculous by various online sites. To name one, the converted cars gain the ability to “recharge” by capturing invisible energy out of thin air.

The spectacled Aviso, who owns a water-refilling business in Navotas City, has repeatedly pointed to the lack of funds as his biggest hurdle in bringing his invention to the massmarket.

Asked to give his two cents on the “Pantawid Pasada” or Public Transport Assistance Program (PTAP), Aviso, who is an expert in microwave engineering, said the government could not be blamed for coming up with a stopgap to skyrocketing fuel prices.

“Natural na gawin nila yun lalo na kung nahihirapan na ang mga tao. Pero dapat I-full blast rin ang pagde-develop ng alternative energy (It’s natural for the government to enforce that especially if the people are heavily burdened. But the development of alternative energy should also be full blast).”

He further likened the implementation of PTAP to a case of “giving food to someone who is hungry.”

“Pero kung bibigyan mo ng trabaho yung taong nagugutom, mas maganda sana (But it would be way better to provide a job for that hungry person),” the inventor said, noting that in the long run, his green technology would be the
ultimate solution to the ever-rising cost of fuel.

The Department of Energy (DoE), for its part, recently bared that it has come up with an “Alternative fuels Roadmap,” which will oversee the country’s switch to alternative fuels and serve as the fundamental policy framework on diversifying fuels for transport use in the Philippines.