Zvaiita sekunge zvakazoitika mukurwira mutero wekubhadhara mutero wekuwedzera, mubairo mudiki wekunyaradza kune maRepublican pane izvo zvaifanira kunge zviri nyore pamavhoti e-bi-partisan. Asi wachi yemwedzi miviri yava kuratidza kuti VaObama vachatendera pombi yeKeystone XL kubva kujecha retara rekuCanada rine njodzi. Kana tichida kuti aite sarudzo chaiyo uye arambe mvumo, pamwe yave nguva yeOccupy Exxon, nekuratidzira kwekugadzira pazviteshi zveExxon/Mobil. Chokwadi tinofanira kuramba tichimanikidza Obama. Zuva rekupedzisira rebhiri rinodzivirira chero chinhu chiri padyo nemhando yekuongorora kwakadzama kwezvakatipoteredza iyo yaakadana kuti mushure misangano uye kusateerera kwevanhu kuWhite House kwakamuita kuti anonoke kubvumidzwa kwegore. Asi wadii kuteedzerawo makambani emafuta ane pesvedzero yakatungamira maRepublicans kuti abate imwe yasara yehurovha uye mutero wekubhadhara mutero nhapwa kune chinodikanwa chekukurumidza-track. Exxon/Mobil yagara iri yakasviba zvakanyanya pakati pemakambani aya. Izvi zvinovaita chinangwa chine musoro.
Musvondo tichizivisa nhau dze kunyungudutsa Arctic methane mibhedha, uye gore rezvinyorwa tembiricha yepasi rose uye mabhiriyoni emadhora njodzi dzine chekuita nemamiriro ekunze, ichida kubvumidzwa naKeystone chiitiko chinoshamisa chekuramba. Asi ndiro dhiri rakapfuura. Saka dambudziko redu harisi rekuti Obama arambe pombi. Isu tinodawo kuita kuti simba iri rakasvibira ridzorere kune avo vakasimbirira pazviri nekudzoreredza chikamu chenhaurirano yenyika kudzokera kumakaro ekambani yemafuta.
Patinoita izvi, ndipo patinowedzera kamuri rezvematongerwo enyika kuti VaObama vavhare pombi uye kuti vaite zvine simba pakushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Saka sezvo Occupy Wall Street yaita kuti titaure nezvemabhangi anopamba, Kubata Exxon kwaizoita kuti vanhu vekuAmerica vafunge nezvekuparadza zvicherwa zvemafuta emafuta - vangave vari kurwira pombi, vachinyengetedza maRepublicans kuti vavhare zvakatemwa-kumashure kumubhadharo wavo mukuru wemutero, kana kusabhadhara chero mutero wemubatanidzwa, sezvakaitwa naExxon nguva pfupi yadarika se2009. Targeting Exxon inobatanidza nyaya iyo vazhinji vekuAmerica vangangove vasina kumbonzwa nezvayo nekambani inozivikanwa semufananidzo wekukara. Inobatanidzawo Exxon's kutsvaga pombi navo kutsigira kwenguva refu yekuramba shanduko yemamiriro ekunze. Kushandisa mazano, masayendisiti, uye PR mafemu akakwereta kubva indasitiri yefodya, Exxon yakapa $16 miriyoni pakati pe1998 ne2005 kumapoka anoramba kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kunokonzerwa nevanhu uye kushandiswa kudarika $ 55 mamiriyoni kukumbirisa, panguva iyo BP neShell zvakanga zvava kutanga kubvuma chokwadi. Exxon vakati vacheka mari iyi, asi ramba ukadaro kumashure masangano uye tsigira vezvematongerwo enyika vanokurudzira kuramba.
Iyo pombi ine basa, nekuti kuivaka kunokoka kukurumidza kwekubviswa kwejecha re tar. Uye maitiro acho anosiya mafuta anokonzeresa achipa zvakapetwa katatu the greenhouse emissions per energy unit semafuta emazuva ose. Tichifunga nezvehukuru hwemadhipoziti aya, kushandiswa kwavo kuzere, anodaro muongorori wezvemamiriro ekunze weNASA, James Hansen, aizogadzira "mutambo wepasi." Nechikonzero ichi, makumi maviri eanoremekedzwa sainzi wezvemamiriro ekunze aHansen vezera yakatumira tsamba kuna Obama achipikisa pombi, sezvakaita Desmond Tutu, vamwe vasere vakahwina Mubairo weRunyararo weNobel, neboka rega rega guru rezvakatipoteredza remuAmerica, kusanganisira vanochengetedza zvakanyanya.
Tichifunga nezvewindo resarudzo remwedzi miviri yaObama, isu tinofanirwa kuramba tichimanikidza White House, kubva kufona nekunyora, kumisangano yeruzhinji, pamwe kumahofisi aObama emushandirapamwe. Mikana yekuti VaObama vasimuke zvakare kuchiitiko ichi yakakura kwazvo kana paine kuramba kuchichema veruzhinji nezvepombi. Asi imwe nzira ine simba yekugadzira iyi ndeyekusunga chikumbiro uye vezvematongerwo enyika vakachitsigira kuchirongwa chinotungamirwa nemakaro emakambani emafuta. Ndingakurudzira kuti tikoke veOccupy Movement, mapoka ezvemamiriro ekunze, uye chero ani anoshama nezvematongerwo enyika edu ekubhadhara-kutamba kuti varatidzire pazviteshi zveExxon/Mobil chero nzira dzisiri dzemhirizhonga uye dzekugadzira dzavanogona, kungave nekunhonga, kurinda, nhandare yehugandanga. , kana kuti kusateerera kwevanhu. Mamwe makambani emafuta anobatanidzwawo mujecha retara, seBP, Chevron, Shell neConoco. Zviteshi zvegasi zvine zita remhando dzimwe nguva zvinotengesa mafuta kubva kune vanokwikwidza. Asi Exxon inoramba iri chiratidzo chine simba kwazvo, nekuda kwezvese zvavakaita uye vari kuramba vachiita mukusimudzira kurambwa kwegumbeze.
Senguva dzose, maRepublicans anoti iyi inyaya yemabasa. Zvakadaro anovimbika Cornell kudzidza inonongedza kuti pombi yacho inogona kudhura mabasa ekuAmerica, uye kunyangwe vanotsigira pombi vari chokwadi, tiri kutaura chete 5,000-6,000 zvinzvimbo zvenguva kwemakore maviri. Izvo hazviverenge njodzi yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kana mukana wepombi kupaza nekusvibisa hombe yeOgallala aquifer inosimbisa moyo wekurima weAmerica. Mukana wekupedzisira uyu wakakurudzira gavhuna weNebraska weRepublican kuti ataure achipokana nepombi iyi, zvichitevera kuchema-chema kukuru kwevagari uye kubuda kwe42,000-gallon muna Chikunguru apfuura. yakadirana muYellowstone River kubva kuExxon's Silvertip Pipeline. Saka chero rubatsiro rwehupfumi rwaizoenda zvakanyanya kune vanosimudzira chirongwa.
Kune vanhu vazhinji vekuAmerica, ndinofungidzira kuti Keystone inonzwa senge inyaya diki isina kujeka yakakosha kuwana kunobatika kwekuwedzera mabhenefiti ekushaya basa uye mutero wekubhadhara mutero. Ndinokahadzika kuti vakaiswa mari zvakanyanya kudivi ripi neripi. Asi isu tinoziva kuti mapoka akatsigira Pipeline achaenda kutenderera uku, saka kugara takanyarara kana kuzvivharira pachedu kubiridzira isarudzo yakaipa. Asi kana tikaita Exxon uye makambani emafuta chiso chinotsvedza chekurwa, tinogona kushandura mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika. Occupy Exxon kuratidzira kwaizokoka vanhu kuti vatore nzira dzakachinjika uye dzekugadzira kunyaya mudzimba dzavo. Vaizoratidza makambani emafuta semoyo wenyaya, saka kana VaObama vakatendera pombi iyi, anozoonekwa seanotsigira, uye kana akaivhara, anogona kuimisa semakaro emakambani anonetsa. Exxon's refu yakakanganisa kugara kwepasi, kubva pakuita kwavo kwezuva nezuva kusvika kune yavo yenguva refu yezvematongerwo enyika. Kuvavarira kungoita kuti simba ravo rekupedzisira rekuparadza ridzoke.
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