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Bongbong Marcos replies to me: The Presidency? “Thanks, but no thanks.”

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By Raissa Robles

Senator Bongbong Marcos has replied via Twitter to my post on Why the Marcoses want Ferdinand buried a hero.

Someone told this to me and so I checked it out. Here is how the son of the late dictator replied to all the points I raised on why his father does not deserve to be buried a hero.

Among all the points I raised, Bongbong Marcos zoomed in on the windmills he had put up in Bangui, and then said he was going to push the exploration of deuterium in the Philippine or Mindanao deep.

He then denied he wanted to run for President.

Here is his complete Tweet in reaction to my post:

Now I have a problem with a Senator of the Republic not only pushing vigorously for deuterium but also advocating government funding to explore it.

It’s not because I’m anti-Science, but because in the past, the tantalizing possibilities of deuterium exploration in the Philippine Deep have been used as a scam to extract money from hapless Filipino investors, especially those working overseas.

Deuterium does exist BUT there is only one type of transport, as of now, able to use it as fuel – the space ships in Star Trek.

I’m not kidding.

Here is how this type of space ship uses it to travel at warp speed:

To read the entire explanation, click on this link.

I know this will probably result in a lot of brickbats. But I’d like to propose that Senator Bongbong Marcos read an article below on deuterium written by Alan for South China Morning Post five years ago.

Alan was the  Science and Environment editor of The Manila Chronicle. He set a new reportorial standard for science and environment reporting in the country, which won him numerous awards.

He thoroughly researched deuterium once upon a time, when another senator, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., also wanted the government to pick up the tab on deuterium exploration.

Here is one of his many articles on deuterium:

To read the rest, click on this link.

 

Comments

  1. so many things wrong there

    hydrogen is not processed from deuterium. you make hydrogen from water and you make deuterium from heavy water

    deuterium is not heavy water, deuterium is a component of heavy water. Heavy water is a compound of 2 deuteriums and one oxygen

    heavy water is not hydrogen water without oxygen, it is 2 deuteriums plus one oxygen. better to say its water without hydrogen although thats still misleading

    there’s no real evidence that the philippine trench or any other ocean trench has large amounts of heavy water. Thats because even if heavy water is heavier than normal sea water, ocean currents are enough to mix up the ocean so it can’t settle

    Even if there was a large amount of heavy water in the philippine trench, since heavy water can be separated from ordinary water, its arguably easier and cheaper to do it that way rather than collect it from an underwater trench kilometers deep in the ocean. And thats exactly how the heavy water used in science, industry and in some nuclear power plant designs are made, by concentrating the small quantities found in ordinary water.

    Even if we had large amounts of heavy water or deuterium, its useless as a power source without a fusion reactor. There are no fusion reactors existing except as experimental setups, and not one of them so far makes more power than it consumes. That may change in 30-100 years but we’re not sure

  2. YOU DON’T CRITICIZE WHAT YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND!
    DON’T IMPRESS! EXPRESS WHAT YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW!

  3. kudos to your well researched and deep opinionated reports…

    but im confused……

    from time of prez aguinaldo to present day P-noy…..

    they “look like” the same…..

    so who will lead our pilipinas?

    does it just solidify that we are really FAILED STATE?

    how do we go from here?

    maraming comments /marami matalinong pilipino / maraming mangmang / pero………..

    dapat bang tangapin na lang nang karaniwang pilipino na ang mamuhay sa pilipinas ay “ganito lamang”

    this is the “standard” of living here…

    so ang tanong ko madam raissa……..

    niloloko lang tayo ng mga leader at maraming nagpapaloko….maraming lumalaban…

    pero nagbabayad ako ng tax na pinapasahod sa kanila…do FLIP-PINO deserve this?

  5. I just read this article recently and i was confused on how the senator described deuterium. deuterium is an isotope (meaning they are the same element just differing in the number of neutrons) of hydrogen. deuterium is not heavy water or water without oxygen, probably he was referring to deuterated water where the hydrogen in water is replaced in its chemical structure by the isotope which is deuterium. to better explain it, the symbol for water is H2O, when it is deuterated water the symbol becomes, D2O. i do not know how he intends to use it but i would prefer everyone have a correct understanding of the concepts involved. :)

    • Do you know that his mother, Congresswoman Imelda Marcos, has set up a company to “mine” deuterium in the bottom of the Philippine deep?

      So if you hear of an investment opportunity to tap deuterium, let me know.

      Are you a scientist? I’d love to know.

      • Yes, I’m a chemist but I do not specialize in nuclear chemistry though i do have knowledge on the topic. I haven’t heard on Mrs. Marcos venturing into deuterium mining but I could search for it to get details. If I happen to come across with an article I would surely give it to you.

      • Yes, I am a chemist. However I do not specialize in nuclear chemistry but I have ample knowledge on the topic. I haven’t heard of Mrs. Marcos venturing into deuterium mining but I can do research on that to get more details. If I found an an article I would surely give it to you. Regards. :)

    • @jov,@raissa,
      my understanding is, PHL do have deuterium but not in a feasible quantity. otherwise, it already followed the Malampaya extraction(Natural gas). i wish i am wrong. sinong hindi matutuwa kung mayroon talaga tayong potential na makapag-produce niyan. pero bakit walang oil-giant o explorer na mag-venture?

  6. so much negativity. there is no place for understanding if one does not know where and how to start understanding what other people are saying. simply put: Before one have said anything, he’s already been judge.

  7. This guy is an idiot and probably bought his degree. I remember reading that he was charged for firearms possession in California? I really need to find that article or buy the book again.

    The Philippines does not just possess wind, it also had sunlight and waves. How about research on those renewables? There’s even bio-diesel via the Malunggay oil.

    It would be a nightmare if this idiot gets to become PResident. He will be just like his Kleptocrat of a father, without the intelligence. Philippines will become a corporate paradise and hell for the Filipinos.

    • one who says idiot to another person is an idiot his/h
      er self too. judge and you will be judged.

  8. anak nga ‘to ng primera klaseng ilusyunada at kriminal at kawatan na ama! mga ganito rin kaya ang mga anak sa labas ni marcos? mahirap idescribe sa matinong adjective?

  9. if he really serious about Philippines ecological balance, why focus on AGRICULTURE. Not only help eliminate pollution in the environment, it could also help our farmers, increase food supply, and ease poverty in the country.

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