Texas ndi chithunzithunzi cha tsogolo lathu la nyengo: ndalama zamafuta amafuta akuwononga ndikumenya nkhondo ndi antchito; patchwork, ang'onoang'ono-ndi-wokongola kuyesa yankho; ndi kudalira kwambiri njira yofanana ndi msika yomwe idayambitsa vutoli poyamba.
Izi zikupitilira kulimbikitsa kusintha koyenera kwa ogwira ntchito. Monga Ryan Pollock, wotsogolera wotsogolera ku IBEW Local 520 ku Austin, adandiuza kuti: "Sikokwanira kuti anthu anene kuti izi ndi zomwe zingachitike, kuti izi zidzachitika mtsogolo. Ziyenera kukhala zogwirika apo ayi palibe amene angakhulupirire. "
Tiyenera kupanga gulu lokhazikika lomwe lingathe kukwaniritsa zofuna zathu. Izi zimayamba ndikuwonetsa kumenyana kosalekeza ngati ku Texas.
Makampani Opangira Mafuta Oyaka Mafuta 'Nkhondo Yolimbana ndi Ogwira Ntchito
Pazambiri za mliriwu, mitengo yamafuta isanakwere, msika wamafuta ndi gasi waku US udali pachiwopsezo. Koma anali antchito, osati eni ake, amene analipira mtengowo. Mu 2020 yokha, Texas idatulutsa Akuti 60,000-kuphatikiza mafuta ndi gasi ntchito. Ambiri mwa omwe anakhudzidwawo anali anthu omwe ankagwira ntchito mwachindunji kumalo opangira mafuta.
Ngakhale kuti ogwira ntchitowa ndi mabanja awo akulimbana ndi ulova, makampani opangira mafuta oyaka mafuta anali kutulutsa mabiliyoni amisonkho. Malinga ndi Ulonda wa Bailout, National Oilwell Varco ya ku Houston yokha inalandira ndalama zokwana madola 591 miliyoni pamisonkho ndipo anachotsabe 22 peresenti ya antchito ake.
Makampaniwa samangotaya antchito awo nthawi zovuta - amadalira anthu kuti ayeretse chisokonezo cha chilengedwe chomwe amapanga. Kudera lonse la Texas, zitsime zosiyidwa zili ndi malo. Ikasiyidwa, methane imatuluka mumlengalenga. Mafuta amawononga madzi akumwa, ndi liti molakwika zotsekedwa, zitsime zimatha kuphulika. Makampani ali ndi udindo wokhota zitsime ndikulipira ndalama zam'tsogolo. Komabe, ndalama izi si lalikulu zokwanira kuponda mtengo wathunthu ndipo, pankhani ya bankirapuse, udindowu ukugwera pa boma. Phindu la boom-and-bust cycle ndi lachinsinsi, koma ndalama zake zimagwirizanitsidwa.
Texas Railroad Commission limati pali zitsime pafupifupi zikwi zisanu ndi ziwiri zosiyidwa ku Texas. Kafukufuku wophatikizidwa ndi Texas Observer ndi Grist ziwerengero kuti zitsime zina zikwi khumi ndi zitatu zidzasiyidwa m'zaka zikubwerazi, ndipo kuyeretsa kwa zitsimezi kokha kungawononge Texans $ 1 biliyoni. Izi sizikuphatikiza kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe - ziwerengero kuti ayeretse bwino kwambiri mpaka $117 biliyoni.
Komabe makampani amafuta oyaka mafuta sanakhutitsidwe ndikupeza phindu pamitengo ya ogwira ntchito ndi dziko lapansi. Iwo achitanso nkhondo yolimbana ndi anthu ogwira ntchito kwanthawi yaitali. Ku Beaumont, Texas, ExxonMobil yawukira mwankhanza bungwe la zitsulo lazaka makumi asanu ndi atatu, USW Local 13-243.
Pakukambirana kontrakitala chaka chatha, ExxonMobil zosangalatsa kuyimitsa malipiro ndikuchotsa ufulu wa ukalamba kwa ogwira ntchito ena. Mgwirizanowu utabwerera m'mbuyo, kampaniyo idachitapo kanthu mwamphamvu yotsekera ogwira ntchito kuti aletse sitiraka yomwe ingachitike. Kutsekako kudayamba mu Meyi 2021. Kunatha miyezi khumi. Ogwira ntchito pamapeto pake adavota kuti avomereze zomwe ExxonMobil adapereka, zomwe, mwazotayika zina, avomerezedwa "Kuwongolera magwiridwe antchito onse." Kuphatikiza pazovuta za kutsekeka, kampaniyo idathandizira kampeni yotsimikizira mgwirizano. Anthu mazana asanu ndi limodzi a mderali adalimbana nawo pang'onopang'ono, wopambana ndi mavoti 258 kwa 229.
Kukwera kwa mitengo ya gasi posachedwapa kwachititsa kuti makampani amafuta amafuta azitsika kwambiri ndi ndalama. Pomwe osamala ngati bwanamkubwa waku Texas a Greg Abbott adadzudzula olamulira a Biden akuti akukankha "Njira Zatsopano Zatsopano Zobiriwira," Big Mafuta sakuvutitsidwa ndi kuwongolera. Mu March yekha, zilolezo zoboola zoposa mazana asanu ndi anayi zidagawidwa ku Permian Basin ku Texas, mothandizidwa ndi oyang'anira a Biden.
Pakadali pano, makampani opanga mafuta opangira zinthu zakale atenga phindu lake komanso analipira kuchotsera zopindula kwa omwe akugawana nawo - m'malo, tinene, kubwereketsa antchito masauzande omwe achotsedwa ntchito panthawi ya mliri. Pa nthawi yomwe anthu mamiliyoni ambiri akuvutika kuti apeze ndalama zogulira ntchito, makampani amafuta ndi gasi akupanga mkangano wamphamvu chifukwa chake ndalama zapayekha siziyenera kukhala ndi malo momwe timagwirira ntchito gulu lathu.
Monga Matt Huber mfundo kunja, mabanki ali ndi mabiliyoni zimayendetsedwa m'mafuta amafuta, ndipo amayembekeza kuwona zobwerera. Iwo adzatero "gwiritsani ntchito mphamvu zambiri kuti muyimitse mabizinesiwa, osati kungodziwa za sayansi yanyengo."
Chifukwa chake ogwira ntchito pamafuta ndi gasi akuyenera kukhala gawo lofunikira pomenyera Green New Deal, yomwe imawapatsa chitetezo, malipiro otsimikizika, komanso gawo lotsogola pakusintha kwamagetsi. Koma kuti awagonjetse, "kusintha" kuyenera kuchoka pamizere yamalingaliro ndikupita ku kudzipereka kolimbana ndi antchito masiku ano.
Mphamvu kwa Olemera
Mu February 2021, pambuyo pa Winter Storm Uri, Texas idalowa mgulu lankhondo yodziwikiratu pazomwe zidapangitsa kuti magetsi azizima m'boma. Oteteza zachilengedwe anadzudzula mphepo ndi dzuwa chifukwa cha kusadalirika kwawo. Liberals adanena kuti anali mapaipi a gasi omwe adaundana. Koma palibe chomwe chinayambitsa vutolo.
Ngakhale zili zoona kuti vuto la gasi lachilengedwe linaphwanya mphamvu za boma, kulephera kumeneku kunayambika chifukwa cha ndondomeko yachinsinsi yomwe imayika phindu pa ntchito zoyamba. Ngakhale kuti mapaipi ambiri adaundana chifukwa sanatenthedwe bwino ndi nyengo, omwe adagwira ntchito adakwera madola mamiliyoni ambiri ndipo omwe adazizira adayambiranso kugwira ntchito, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ndalama ziwonongeke kwa masiku angapo.
Sikunali kupusa kwa eni mapaipi komwe kunawapangitsa kuti asankhe zokana kusintha mapaipi awo, koma m'malo mwake kufuna kupeza ndalama. Ndipo zotsatira zake zinali zoopsa: mamiliyoni a Texans anasiyidwa opanda mphamvu, ndipo mazana anafa. Ogulitsa mphamvu, panthawiyi, adapeza mamiliyoni.
Ngakhale mkwiyo wapagulu - mamiliyoni a Texans kukumana ngongole zamagetsi zosalipidwa pambuyo pa mkuntho - ndale za boma alibe chidwi chochita zambiri. M'malo mwake, Bwanamkubwa Greg Abbott wakhala kulimbikitsa Migodi ya Bitcoin - ntchito yowononga zachilengedwe komanso yopanda ntchito - ngati yankho ku gridi yaku Texas.
Popanda ndale, timatsala ndi chiyani? Kukonda munthu payekha. M'madera olemera, eni nyumba amakhala nawo mabatire apanyumba ndi solar anaika, pafupifupi nthawi zonse ndi ntchito yopanda ntchito. Ngakhale kuti palibe amene angaimbe mlandu munthu chifukwa chofuna kuonetsetsa kuti magetsi awo sazimitsidwa nthawi ina pamene boma likukumana ndi vuto la mphamvu, izi ndizo njira yothetsera vuto laumwini lomwe limapatula anthu osauka ndi ogwira ntchito. Ndi mdera, boutique wobiriwira mphamvu kwa olemera - ndi zauve, kulephera mphamvu pagulu kwa tonsefe.
Chitsanzo ichi chomangira mphamvu zobiriwira chimadaliranso kwambiri ngongole zamisonkho, kutulutsa ndalama m'thumba la anthu ndikuzitsogolera kwa ma capitalist. Monga Matt Huber ndi Fred Stafford kutsutsana, izi zimapanga chisankho chopanda pake: "mwini umwini wa anthu ndi mphamvu zamtengo wapatali, kapena umwini waumwini ndi mphamvu zotsika mtengo."
Mphamvu zogawa, ngakhale "zobiriwira" zamphamvu, zagwiritsidwa ntchito kusokoneza mphamvu za boma - kwambiri makamaka Tennessee Valley Authority, yomwe yadzudzulidwa posachedwa ndi ena mumayendedwe anyengo. TVA inapatsa magetsi ku South m'ma 1930, pamene likulu laumwini linalibe chidwi ndi kutero, ndipo limakhalabe gwero lofunikira la mphamvu.
Ntchito zazikulu zamphamvu monga TVA zimapanga ntchito zambiri za mgwirizano, zimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zosowa za anthu kusiyana ndi dambo la mpikisano wa zofuna zachinsinsi, ndipo zimatha kupereka mphamvu zotsika mtengo kwa anthu ogwira ntchito ku Texas ndi m'dziko lonselo. Tiyenera kukana ulamuliro wachinsinsi wa imodzi mwamafakitale ofunikira kwambiri.
Kupambana Tsogolo Lotsogozedwa ndi Ntchito Yobiriwira
Texas ikupereka chithunzithunzi cha tsogolo lathu - ndipo ndivuto la dystopian. Kuchokera kumakampani okhazikika opangira mafuta opangira zinthu zakale omwe amadyera anthu masuku pamutu antchito, kuwononga dziko lapansi, ndikusiya anthu ndi ndalama zoyeretsa kupita ku gulu lomwe likukwera la capitalist lomwe zofuna zawo zachuma zimatsutsana ndi mphamvu zazikulu zoyendetsedwa ndi anthu, zikuwonekeratu kuti padzakhala kusintha, koma osati kusintha. kusintha kofunikira.
Sikokwanira โkuchitapo kanthuโ pankhani ya kusintha kwa nyengo. Monga mayiko ngati Texas akuwonjezera mphamvu zawo za mphepo ndi dzuwa, tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti ntchitozi zikugwirizana. Tiyenera kuthandizira mphamvu zazikulu za boma ndi kusintha kotsogozedwa ndi antchito kutali ndi mafuta oyaka. Tiyenera kutsutsa zokakamizika za olemera kuti tipange mphamvu panyumba ya munthu payekha, yozikidwa pa msika. Ndipo koposa zonse, tiyenera kuyang'ana pamutu, ndi ndale zochokera m'kalasi, mphamvu zapadera zomwe sizimatilepheretsa koma zimapindula ndi kulephera kumeneko.
Kusintha kwanyengo sikuyenera kukhala nkhani yankhondo ya chikhalidwe. Ziyenera kukhala zowonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali ndi kuthekera kokhala ndi moyo wotetezeka komanso wolemekezeka.
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