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        "id": 1668318,
        "msgid": "private-vehicles-and-trucks-contribute-the-largest-pollution-in-indonesia-1775782250",
        "date": "2026-04-10 07:02:00",
        "title": "Private Vehicles and Trucks Contribute the Largest Pollution in Indonesia",
        "author": "Agung Kurniawan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "The land transportation sector remains the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia, accounting for nearly 90% of transport-related emissions and 12.2% to 15% of national totals, primarily due to heavy reliance on fossil fuel-based private vehicles and motorcycles. With over 164.5 million motorised vehicles in circulation, private cars alone emit more than 108 million tonnes of CO2 annually, while public transport plays a minimal role. Trucks, despite comprising only 4% of vehicles, contribute around 40.56% of transport emissions due to their diesel fuel use and high operational intensity, exacerbating environmental challenges and straining national budgets through fuel subsidies.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The land transportation sector remains the\nlargest contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Indonesia. The\nhigh dependence of the population on private vehicles based on fossil\nfuels is cited as the main factor exacerbating this condition. \u201cLand\ntransportation contributes almost 90 percent of total GHG emissions in\nthe transportation sector, precisely around 89.9 percent,\u201d said Meinarti\nin Jakarta on Wednesday (8\/4\/2026). Overall, the transportation sector\ncontributes around 22 to 27 percent of total energy sector emissions.\nThis figure is equivalent to around 12.2 percent to 15 percent of total\nnational emissions. The dominance of emissions from land transportation\nis inseparable from the high number of private vehicles in Indonesia.\nCurrently, the number of motorised vehicles is recorded at around 164.5\nmillion units, with the majority being motorcycles and private cars.\nDependence on fossil fuel-based vehicles also has a significant impact\non increasing carbon emissions. In fact, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions\nfrom private vehicles are said to have exceeded 108 million tonnes per\nyear. On the other hand, the contribution of public transportation\nremains very small. The number of buses, for example, is only around 0.2\npercent of the total vehicle population, indicating the low role of mass\ntransportation in public mobility. \u201cThis condition shows that the public\nis still very dependent on private vehicles. This is one of the main\ncauses of high emissions in the transportation sector,\u201d said Meinarti.\nIn addition, the use of diesel-based trucks in the logistics sector and\nthe suboptimal public transportation services further increase the\nemission burden. This makes efforts to reduce emissions increasingly\nchallenging. To provide an overview, here is the composition of emission\ncontributions in the land transportation sector based on vehicle types:\nAmid the dominance of private vehicles, the logistics sector also has\nits own problems. Trucks, whose numbers are relatively small, actually\nbecome one of the largest emission contributors. Urban Mobility Manager\nof WRI Indonesia, Dimas Fadhil, revealed that the truck population in\nIndonesia is only around 4 percent of the total motorised vehicles.\nHowever, its contribution to emissions reaches around 40.56 percent.\n\u201cThe number of trucks is perhaps only around 4 percent of the total\nnational vehicles. But from our calculations, its contribution reaches\naround 40.56 percent of emissions in the transportation sector,\u201d said\nDimas. This disparity occurs due to the operational characteristics of\ntrucks that rely on solar fuel and are used with high intensity for\ngoods distribution. In fact, almost 90 percent of national logistics\nmovement still depends on this mode. In addition to impacting the\nenvironment, the high use of diesel trucks also burdens the state budget\nthrough solar fuel subsidies amounting to tens of trillions of\nrupiah.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/private-vehicles-and-trucks-contribute-the-largest-pollution-in-indonesia-1775782250",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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