Msonkhano waukulu wa nyengo wa UN watha Loweruka ku Cancún, ndi zonena kuti zapambana pang'ono. "Zokambirana zanyengo za UN zachoka pamakina othandizira moyo," atero a Tim Gore a Oxfam. "Sizinali zachipongwe ngati ngozi ya sitima ya chaka chatha ku Copenhagen," analemba motero Guardian. Patricia Espinosa, nduna yakunja yaku Mexico yomwe idasokoneza mgwirizano womaliza, adafotokoza kuti "zabwino zomwe tingakwaniritse pakadali pano pakapita nthawi yayitali. "
Msonkhanowo udapita patsogolo pazinthu zingapo zofunika: ndondomeko za thandizo lachuma maiko omwe akutukuka kumene kuti awathandize kuthana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, ndi malingaliro ena amomwe angachitire polojekiti mpweya wowonjezera kutentha ku China ndi India. Koma idanyalanyaza mafunso awiri ofunikira: Kodi tidula kaboni wochuluka bwanji, ndipo mwachangu bwanji?
Pankhani zimenezi, mawu amodzi analankhula momveka bwino kuposa nthumwi zonse 9,000, atolankhani, ndiponso anthu omenyera ufulu wawo amene anasonkhana ku Cancún.
Ndipo panalibe nkomwe. Ndipo sanali kukamba za nyengo.
Barack Obama anali ku Washington, atanyamula a zokambirana kuti akambirane za zigawenga zotsutsana ndi mgwirizano wake wamisonkho ndi ma Republican. Iye adati adalimbana kwambiri ndi mgwirizano ndipo adakwiya ndi zomwe adatsutsidwa. Adabwereranso kunkhondo yazachipatala pomwe mlembi wake wa atolankhani adatcha "katswiri kumanzere" (ndipo Rahm Emanuel adamutcha "obweza") adamunyoza chifukwa chosapambana "njira yapagulu." Iwo anali oyipa kuposa olakwa, iye anati; anali onyozeka, anthu amene anafuna “kukhala okhoza kudzimva bwino, ndi odzikweza ponena za mmene zolinga zathu zilili zoyera ndi mmene tilili olimba.” Ganizirani za Franklin Delano Roosevelt, adapitiliza: pomwe adayamba Social Security idangophimba akazi amasiye ndi ana amasiye. Medicare, poyambira, idangothandiza achibale ochepa chabe. Oyera mtima akadawaona ngati "kusakhulupirika kwa malingaliro ena osamveka." Ndipo komabe iwo anakula.
Zinali zinthu zamphamvu komanso zosangalatsa, makamaka zochokera kwa munthu yemwe amangotsatira malingaliro osamveka. (Ndili ndi ma t-shirts omwe sanasindikizidwe kalikonse koma dzina lake ndi malingaliro ake osamvekaSindikudziwa mokwanira za malamulo a zaumoyo kapena zamisonkho kuti nditsimikizire ngati akuyimba foni kapena ayi, ngakhale nditamvetsera zambiri za Bernie Sanders pafupifupi maola asanu ndi anayi.wojambula Ndili ndi kukaikira kwanga.
Ndikudziwa komwe kusagwirizana kwa purezidenti sikungagwire ntchito - malo omwe tilibe chochita koma kutsatira malingaliro osamveka. Malo amenewo ndi nyengo.
Zolinga zakusintha kwanyengo sizimakhazikitsidwa ndi malingaliro otsutsana, omwe otsatira ake amatha kukangana mpaka kumapeto kwa nthawi kuti ngati kuchepetsa msonkho kumabweretsa ntchito kapena kuwapha. Pankhani ya kutentha kwa dziko, malamulo a chemistry, kutanthauza kuti pali mizere, yolimba komanso yofulumira. Inu amene mumakumbukira tebulo lanu la periodic mudzakumbukira momwe izo zingakhalire zoyera. Palibe mthunzi pakati pa chinthu chimodzi ndi china. Ndi gallium kapena zinki. Palibe zallium, palibe ginc. Munganene kuti maelementiwo, m’lingaliro limenelo, ndi malingaliro osamveka.
N'chimodzimodzinso ndi mamolekyu omwe zinthuzo zimaphatikizana kupanga. Tengani mpweya woipa (CO2), molekyulu yomwe ili ndi ndale kwambiri padziko lapansi. Monga encyclopedia imati: “Pakathamanga ndi kutentha kofananako, mphamvu ya carbon dioxide imakhala yozungulira 1.98 kg/m3, pafupifupi nthawi 1.5 kuposa mpweya. Molekyulu ya carbon dioxide (O = C = O) ili ndi zomangira ziwiri ndipo ili ndi mawonekedwe a mzere. Ndipo mamolekyu amenewa amatsekereza kutentha pafupi ndi dziko lapansi komwe kukanabweranso mumlengalenga, zomwe zimachititsa zomwe timatcha kuti greenhouse effect.
Pofika mu Januwale 2008, akatswiri athu abwino kwambiri a zanyengo adatipatsa nambala ya kuchuluka kwa carbon mumlengalenga. M'magulu opitilira 350 pa miliyoni (ppm), gulu la NASA anaumiriza, sitingakhale ndi pulaneti “lofanana ndi mmene chitukuko chinayambira ndi mmene zamoyo zapadziko lapansi zimasinthira.” Ife tadutsa kale izo; tili ku 390 ppm. Ichi ndichifukwa chake 2010 idzakhala ofunda Chaka chodziwika, pafupifupi digirii Celsius kuposa avareji yachilengedwe yapadziko lapansi, malinga ndi ofufuza aboma. Chimene chiri chifukwa Arctic inasungunukanso chilimwechi, ndipo Russiamoto wotengedwa, ndi Pakistan kumira.
Nayi chinthu: Monga ku Copenhagen, nthumwi za Obama ku Cancún zakhala zikutsutsana pa mgwirizano womwe ungachepetse kuchuluka kwa mpweya wa CO2 mpaka magawo 450 pa miliyoni, ndipo kudulidwa komwe akhala akulingalira kungapangitse dziko la magawo pafupifupi 550. pa miliyoni.
Chifukwa chiyani akhala akunyoza sayansi? Yankho silovuta: chifukwa ndizovuta zandale. Monga wokambirana wamkulu Todd Stern anati chaka chatha ku Copenhagen, "Ndife osamala kwambiri za kufunikira kwa malamulo athu apakhomo. Ndilo mfundo yofunikira kwa ine ndi ena onse omwe akugwira ntchito pa izi. Simungasokoneze zimenezo.”
Mwa kuyankhula kwina, ngati tikakamiza kwambiri Nyumba ya Senate idzati ayi, ndipo makampani amafuta adzakhaladi okwiya. Kotero ife titenga njira yosavuta. Tidzakambirana ndi chilengedwe, ndi dziko lonse lapansi, momwemonso timakambirana ndi aku Republican.
Ndizomveka bwino; m'malo mwake, ndizomveka kwambiri tsopano kuti GOP yawonjezera minofu yake ku Congress. M’mawu amenewa, ngakhale mawu odekha amene analembedwa ku Cancún amapitirira malire. Maseneta anayi aku Republican adatumiza a Obama a kalatakumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno kumuuza kuti asiye kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zilizonse zakunja zothandizira kuthana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Ndikadakhala Obama ndikadafuna kupanga mtundu wina wamalonda, ndikuganizira zamalonda aliwonse ngati njira yopita kuzinthu zabwino.
Vuto, kachiwiri, ndi chemistry ndi physics. Samatipatsa nthawi yochuluka, ndipo ndi oyipa pakubweza. Ngati tilola kuti dziko lapansi litenthedwe kwa nthawi yaitali, asayansi amatiuza kuti tidzataya mwayi wobwerera ku 350. Izi zikutanthauza kuti tidzataya kwamuyaya mamangidwe a pulaneti lathuli ndi mitengo yake youndana. Nyanja ili kale kutembenukira pafupipafupi acidic; kale mlengalenga ukukula pang'onopang'ono wetter, amene kudzera kuchititsa nthunzi kukhala chipululu m'madera ouma ndi mvula ndi kusefukira kwina.
Zowona pazandale ndizovuta kusintha, zovuta kuposa kale kuyambira pomwe Khothi Lalikulu lidapereka zake Nzika Zogwirizana chigamulo ndikutaya ndalama zambiri m'dziko lathu landale. Koma physics ndi chemistry ndizosatheka kusintha. Physics ndi chemistry sizigwirizana. Chifukwa chake apurezidenti, ndi ena tonsefe, kulibwino tiyese mwamphamvu. Mayendedwe omwe tili nawo anapezerapo pa 350.org yafalikira padziko lonse lapansi, koma iyenera kukhala yamphamvu kwambiri. Chifukwa nthawi imodzi iyi, m'machitidwe osokonekera a zochitika za anthu, kufikira malingaliro osamveka ndi chiyembekezo chathu chokha.
Bill McKibben ndi Katswiri Wodziwika wa Schumann ku Middlebury College komanso woyambitsa wa 350.org. Buku lake laposachedwa ndi Dziko Lapansi: Kupanga Moyo Papulaneti Latsopano Lolimba. Posachedwapa adapatsidwa mphoto Mphoto ya Puffin. Kuti mumvetsere zoyankhulana ndi TomCast audio pomwe McKibben akukambirana zamitundu yosiyanasiyana yokana kutentha kwa dziko, Dinani apa kapena, kutsitsa ku iPod yanu, Pano.
[Nkhaniyi idawonekera koyamba Tomdispatch.com. Pulogalamu ya American Empire Project, Mlembi wa Mapeto a Chikhalidwe Chogonjetsa, monga wa novel, Masiku Otsiriza a Kusindikiza. Buku lake laposachedwa ndi The American Way of War: Momwe Nkhondo Za Bush Zinakhalira za Obama (Mabuku a Haymarket).]
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