“Electricity is produced by oil.”
What Vera Files found
While oil is used to generate electricity, it is not the country's dominant power source. It is only one of several sources being harnessed by the government and the private sector. In 2020, coal was the top source, followed by natural gas and geothermal. Other energy sources include solar, wind and hydroelectric.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 22 March 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 2 April 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- mirror.pcoo.gov.phhttps://mirror.pcoo.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220322-TALK-TO-THE-PEOPLE-OF-PRES…
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