He said the foreign non-governmental organization in its activities had done more disadvantageous than advantageous fhings for the country such as with its recent call against the use of coal for PLN projects.
"If Greenpeace still rejects the use of coal for PLN projects let them. It is no problem. What do we have to use if we meet their request. Making stove-powered electricity," he said after meeting with House Commission VI.
With or without Greenpeace it would be no problem for Indonesia, he said. "It would not be a problem if it is dissolved. It will not be a problem for Indonesia," he said.
Dahlan said to overcome electricity deficit in Indonesia PLN will continue to build power plants including coal-powered ones.
"So, we will just continue using natural resources that we have to overcome the electricity deficit, including coal," he said.
Dahlan had once criticized Greenpeace campaigns to stop the use of coal in Indonesia.
He said the foreign NGO had only dared criticize Indonesia while it should have called the whole world to stop building coal-fired power plants (PLTU). "They should have called for a simultaneous termination of PLTU projects across the world," he said.
If they think PLTUs were damaging the environment because they t use coal as their source of energy, all PLTUs in the world must be destroyed starting with those in the developed countries with per capita incomes of more than US$20,000, he said.
"Five years later in countries with per capita incomes above US$15,000, five years later again in countries with per capita incomes of more than US$10,000 and finally in countries with per capita incomes of below US$5,000," he said.
Greenpeace in its press release recently called on the Indonesian government to stop expanding and developing coal-fired electricity plants on the ground that coal was the dirtiest source of energy contributing the biggest CO2 gas emissions to climate change.
It made the call during the launching of a report on "Deadly Coal: High Cost for Cheap Cola, How the Indonesian people Pay Much for the Dirtiest Fuel in the World." (*)
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