Ukusukela nge-18 kaMatshi ukuya kwi-22, i-2024, ishishini leoli kunye negesi libambe inkomfa yalo enkulu yonyaka, CERAVeki, eHouston, eTexas.
The izithethi zenkomfa iquka igalari yesiqhelo ye-rogues ye-CEO ye-fossil fuel ukusuka e-US nakwihlabathi jikelele, kuquka iintloko ze-Exxon Mobil, i-Chevron, i-Shell, i-Occidental, i-ConocoPhillips, i-Saudi Aramco, kunye ne-Total. Ezi nkampani ziye balugubungele uxanduva lwabo lokutshintsha kwemozulu, uluntu olunetyhefu, yaye wanyhasha amalungelo abantu ngokusebenzisana noorhulumente bengcinezelo, ukusuka e-US ukuya e-Ecuador ukuya eUganda nangaphaya.
Kodwa irekhodi elibi kwezentlalo, kokusingqongileyo, kunye namalungelo oluntu eOli enkulu ayizange ithintele amagosa akwinqanaba eliphezulu kurhulumente wobumbano kunye noorhulumente bamazwe, kuwo omabini amaqela amakhulu ezopolitiko, ukusuka. ukuzimasa kunye nokuthetha kulo msitho, ukunika isitampu sokuvunywa ngokusemthethweni kunye nokuba semthethweni kwakungafanelanga.
Amagosa ethu oluntu kufuneka afumane umyalezo wokuba ishishini lamafutha efosili liyityhefu kwezopolitiko kwaye liyityhefu yokoqoboโkwaye baya kuhlawula ixabiso lokunxulumana noshishino, bathathe imali yalo, basebenze ne-ajenda yalo.
I-CERAVeek ye-2024 izithethi ezisuka kwisebe lesigqeba sobumbano zibandakanya uNobhala wezaMandla wase-US uJennifer Granholm, okhokela i-arhente yomgaqo-nkqubo wamandla okhokelayo kurhulumente wase-US; UJohn Podesta, umcebisi ophezulu kumongameli womgaqo-nkqubo wemozulu wamazwe ngamazwe, oya kuba ubuso boluntu base-US kwiingxoxo zemozulu zamazwe ngamazwe; kunye noJohn Kerry, owayebambe isikhundla sikaPodesta kude kube kutshanje.
Izithethi zikwaquka noSen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.), Ongusihlalo weKomiti yeSenate Energy and Natural Resources, kunye noSen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Ubuncinci irhuluneli enye, uMike Dunleavy waseAlaska, wayesisithethi ngokunjalo, njengoko ayenjalo namanye amagosa aphezulu kwi-White House kunye neSebe lezaMandla.
Ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe Chaos yeMozulu
Kubi ngokwaneleyo ukuba baye, kodwa umxholo wezinye iintetho zabo wawumbi ngakumbi. IiSenators uManchin kunye noSullivan ugxeke inyathelo elithozamileyo lamva nje ngabaphathi beBiden ukunqumamisa iilayisensi ezintsha zokuthumela ngaphandle kwerhasi yendalo enyibilikisiweyo (LNG) ukuze kugqitywe uluhlu olutsha lwemigaqo yokumisela umdla woluntu.
Ngeli xesha, unobhala uGranholm kubonakala ngathi kujongela phantsi uphononongo lwe-arhente yakhe yovavanyo lomdla woluntu wokuthunyelwa kwe-LNG kumazwe angaphandle, ngokuchaza uphononongo njengophononongo lwesiqhelo (endaweni yophononongo olungaqhelekanga oluyimfuneko ngenxa yentlekele yemozulu), kwaye kusithiwa ukuphumla kuya kuba โkwisipili esingasemvaโ kwisithuba sonyaka. Ukuba uphononongo lunayo nayiphi na imfezeko, isiphumo esiya kuphelisa unqumamo kwaye siqalise kwakhona ukuthumela ngaphandle (okuxelwe ngamabinzana kaGranholm) kufuneka kube kude nokuqinisekiswa.
Ngokuchasene noko, uphononongo oluhambelana nemvumelwano yenzululwazi yehlabathi, ekwabelwana ngayo yi Iphaneli yoorhulumente ngoTshintsho lweMozulu (i-IPCC), i I-Arhente yezaMandla yeHlabathi, i Inkqubo yeNdawo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo, yaye abanye, ingagqiba ekubeni akufuneki kuphinde kubekho ukwanda kweziseko zamafutha efosili, ixesha, kwaye unqumamo kufuneka lube ngokusisigxina. Iingxelo zikaGranholm ziphakamisa imibuzo enzulu malunga nokuba iSebe lezaMandla linokuthenjwa ukuba lenze olu phononongo.
Ukuba i-US ibinenkxalabo yokhuseleko lwexesha elide lwamazwe anengeniso ephantsi angenisa i-US LNG, efana neBangladesh, iKholombiya, kunye neJamaica, besiya kuba sihlawula isabelo sethu esifanelekileyo sokunciphisa imozulu kunye notshintsho olufanelekileyo kumafutha efosili kulawa. amazwe endaweni yokuwathengisa ngeetyhefu zethu.
Abona baxhamli bokwenyani bokuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-LNG lishishini leoli negesi. Ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwe-LNG ngoyena mqhubi wokukhula kwimveliso yerhasi yendalo yase-US, kuba imfuno yasekhaya ikhula ngokucothayo kuphela. Ngokwedatha karhulumente, Ukuveliswa kwegesi yase-US ikhule malunga ne-96% phakathi kuka-2008 (unyaka wokuqala werhasi ye-shale, okanye "i-fracking," i-boom) kunye no-2023. Kwangelo xesha linye, Ukuthunyelwa kwerhasi yase-US ikhule nge-690% ngelixa ukusebenzisa ikhule ngaphantsi kwama-40%. Ngokucacileyo, ishishini legesi lijonge ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle njengenjini yokukhula.
Ngelixa ishishini lisenza ingeniso, uluntu lushiyeka lujongane iimpembelelo ezinzulu zokutshintsha kwemozulu, efana ne kutshanje Texas imililo yasendle. Uluntu kwindawo ekufutshane nekhonkco lonikezelo lwemveliso yegesi, ukusuka ukukhwabanisa ukuba imibhobho ukuba iitheminali zokuthumela ngaphandle- ngokungafaniyo Abantu bomthonyama, abaNtsundu, abantsundu, okanye abamhlophe abarhola kancinciโhlawula ixabiso lengeniso yoshishino ngokuzimisela umoya kwaye amanzi ungcoliseko, ngokunjalo umngcipheko womlilo kunye nokudubula.
Elinye iqela elenzakaliswe yi-LNG yokuthunyelwa ngaphandle Abathengi base-US babhala kakhulu, abajongene namatyala aphezulu egesi kwaye babe sesichengeni sokuguquguquka kwexabiso ngenxa yokwanda kokuthumela ngaphandle.
Kuthekani ngamazwe ekusingwa kuwo ukuthunyelwa kwe-US LNG kumazwe angaphandle? Uninzi lwe abarhwebi abaphambili be-US LNG, njengeNetherlands, i-UK, iFransi, iJapan, kunye neJamani, ngamazwe acebileyo anokukwazi kakhulu ukuguqula ukuveliswa kombane, ukufudumeza ikhaya, kunye namanye amacandelo ukuba ahlaziyeke kunye nokufakelwa kombane.
Ukuba i-US yayinenkxalabo malunga nokhuseleko lwexesha elide lwamandla amazwe anengeniso ephantsi angenisa i-US LNG, njengeBangladesh, iKholombiya, neJamaica, siya kuba sihlawula imali yethu sabelo esihle ukuthomalalisa imozulu kunye notshintsho olufanelekileyo kumafutha efosili kula mazwe endaweni yokuwathengisa iityhefu zethu. Inkxalabo "ngokhuseleko lwamandla ehlabathi," edla ngokuchazwa njengesizathu sokuthunyelwa kwe-LNG kumazwe angaphandle, sisikhuseli somsi sokuququzelela ingeniso yamafutha efosili.
Iintsusa zangaphakathi
Kuba ukuthunyelwa kwe-LNG kumazwe angaphandle kungazuzi mntu ngaphandle koshishino olungakhathaliyo nongcolisekileyo, kutheni amagosa oluntu ezimisele kangaka ukunxulumana nawo?
Kwabanye, impendulo izicacele. USen. Manchin (ongabalekiyo ukunyulwa kwakhona) ufunyenwe imali eninzi yephulo evela kushishino lwamafutha efosili kumjikelo wonyulo lwangaphambili kunaye nawuphi na omnye umgqatswa we-ofisi yomanyano, kunye unenkampani yamalahle ngokwakhe. USen. Sullivan naye ufumene igalelo elikhulu lephulo kwishishini leoli negesi.
Ngamanye amazwi, baye banyotywa kwaye banongquzulwano olucacileyo lomdla olubashukumisela ukuba babe ngakwicala labangcolisi phezu kwabantu.
Kumagqabaza akhe kwi-CERAWeek, uGranholm uthe "ihlabathi liza kufuna izixhobo ezikhuselekileyo zamandla emveli kunye namatsha kwikamva elibonakalayo," egxininisa ukucinga kwabalawuli kumgaqo-nkqubo wamandla.
Ngamagosa esebe elilawulayo njengoNobhala uGranholm kunye noJohn Podesta, isizathu sincinci, kodwa sinokuqondwa kungakhathaliseki. Ukuthatha kwabo inxaxheba kwiVeki yeCERA ngokuqinisekileyo kuyahambelana nerekhodi yolawulo lweBiden, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba iqhutywa ngamaqela amaninzi. abaqeshwa abanamandla namaqhina kushishino kwizikhundla eziphambili.
Ngaphantsi kweBiden, iSebe lezangaphakathi liye yakhupha iimvume zokomba ze-oyile nerhasi ngaphezulu kumhlaba kawonke-wonke kunaphantsi kowayesakuba nguMongameli uDonald Trump, kuquka i ngokungathandekiyo "ibhombu yekhabhoni" iprojekthi yokomba ioli eAlaska. ISebe lezaMandla liye ikhuphe iilayisensi zokuthumela ngaphandle kwinani leetheminali zeLNG eziphikisanayo Alaska kunye Unxweme lweGulf.
Ezi zenzo zasemva ziqhutywa kukucinga okungalunganga. Kuye izimvo kwi CERAWeek, uGranholm uthe "ihlabathi liya kufuna izixhobo ezikhuselekileyo zamandla emveli kunye namatsha kwikamva elibonakalayo," egxininisa ukucinga kwabalawuli kumgaqo-nkqubo wamandla. Le yingxelo nje yolawulo olubi luka-Obama "zonke ezi zingentlaโ umgaqo-nkqubo wamandla, kwaye ingqubana ngqo ne imvumelwano yenzululwazi yehlabathi ukuba sifuna a Ukupheliswa ngokukhawuleza kwamafutha efosili.
Indlela eya phambili
Amagosa ethu oluntu kufuneka afumane umyalezo wokuba ishishini lamafutha efosili liyityhefu kwezopolitiko kwaye liyityhefu yokoqoboโkwaye baya kuhlawula ixabiso lokunxulumana noshishino, bathathe imali yalo, basebenze ne-ajenda yalo.
Ukwenza oko ngempumelelo, imibutho yethu kufuneka ikhulise ukuqonda okuxhaphakileyo kobugwenxa beli shishini, yandise imiyalezo yethu echasene nalo, kwaye icacise kumagosa karhulumente ukuba sibeka esweni amakhonkco awo noshishino ngononophelo. Ukuqhawula amakhonkco phakathi kwamafutha efosili kunye norhulumente kuya kuba luncedo kakhulu ekutshintsheni umgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente wase-US kwimozulu namandla ngendlela elungileyo.
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