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Ukubuka kwendawo: I-Europe ingagcina izitimela ezisheshayo, futhi singagcina ukuthatha kwethu
Ishicilelwe 12/09/2010, Duluth News Tribune
Sizihlalele nje eceleni njengoba bedla isidlo sethu sasemini.โ ithumbu kwakungamazwi ashiwo ukhongolose wesi-8 wesifunda kanye noSihlalo weKomidi lezokuThutha leNdlu uJim Oberstar esihlokweni somhla ka-Nov. 17 ku-News Tribune. U-Oberstar wayesanda kubuya ohambweni olufushane oluya eFrance, lapho aphawule khona ngohlelo lwabo lokuthutha izitimela oluxhaswe kakhulu. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi igesi e-Europe ibibiza u-$3 kuya ku-$4 ilitha ngalinye kunalapha ngoba intela yokuthengiswa kwegesi lapho isetshenziselwa ukuxhasa ukuhamba kwezitimela.
Angiqondile ukwehla kanzima kuJim Oberstar. Impela usedlule ezintweni eziningi muva nje. Kodwa-ke, izindaba eziphathelene nokuthutha abagibeli bezitimela ezixhasiwe zizoqhubeka zidlulele ngale kwefa lika-Oberstar. Lezi zinkinga zihlanganisa umzila wesitimela ohlongozwayo wabagibeli phakathi kweDuluth neTwin Cities.
Abaningi bethu bebeseholidini laseYurophu, noma okungenani banabangane abaye bachitha isikhathi bewela i-Atlantic. Bakhuluma ngomlando ocebile, izakhiwo ezinhle, ukudla okumangalisayo, imfashini kanye nesistimu yezokuthutha lapho izimoto zithatha isihlalo esingemuva ukuya ezitimeleni. Futhi, ngenxa yokuthi igesi ibiza ngokuphindwe kabili noma kathathu, abantu baseYurophu bashayela izimoto ezincane kakhulu ezingawudli cishe uphethiloli omningi kunezimoto eziningi emakethe yaseMelika.
Uma abantu bebuya eholidini laseYurophu, babonakala begxile kulokho abeLungu abanakho thina esingakwenzi lapho isicathulo kufanele sibe ngakolunye unyawo. Izitimela zipholile, ikakhulukazi ezishesha kakhulu njenge-French TGV, kodwa azizikhokheli.
Izithuthi zikaloliwe ezixhaswe kakhulu zenza umqondo omkhulu ogwini oluseMpumalanga olunabantu abaningi kunokuba lwenza kubantu abasenyakatho ye-Minnesota abathanda ukuzijabulisa kwangaphandle. Ingabe abantu bakulungele ngempela ukudela izici ezinkulu zendlela yabo yokuphila ukuze baxhase ezokuthutha ngololiwe?
Siyazingela, sidoba izinhlanzi, i-snowmobile futhi sichitha izimpelaviki endlini yangasese lapha. Sishayela amaloli namaSUV asihambisa eqhweni futhi ahudule amathoyizi ethu. Uma ukwehla komnotho kungenzanga okwanele ukulimaza ukuthengiswa kokuzijabulisa kwamandla, cabanga ngomonakalo ovela kuphethiloli we-$7-a-gallon.
Siyayazisa indlela yethu yokuphila eMinnesota. Ikota yethu yesifunda ihlanganisa abantu ababili abadoba ngesikebhe. Siyikho. Sihlala endaweni eyingqayizivele lapho ngisho nemindeni esezingeni eliphakathi ikwazi ukuthenga indlu encane futhi ngisho nabampofu ababeka phambili bangakwazi ukuthenga isikebhe sokudoba kanye neloli lokuyidonsa. Konke lokhu kudinga igesi.
Uma sinquma ukuxhasa izinto zokuhamba ngezitimela ngophethiloli ongu-$7-a-gallon, kungaba inhlekelele endleleni yokuphila esiyithanda kakhulu eMinnesota. Ungambona ngeso lengqondo othile ekhipha inyamazane ephuma ehlathini phezu kwemoto ehlakaniphile? Kuthiwani ngokudonsa ipontoni ngeFord Fiesta? Kuzwakala kungenangqondo, lokho kungaba ngokoqobo uma kubiza u-$250 ukugcwalisa i-F-150.
Usuku lokudoba kufanele lugcinelwe izizukulwane ezizayo zawo wonke amazinga emali engenayo, hhayi nje abambalwa abakhethekile abakwazi ukukukhokhela. Lokhu kungaba umphumela uma ama-liberal enza indlela yawo futhi akhuphule izintela zikaphethiloli ngendlela emangalisayo ukuze bakhokhele izitimela. Ngicabanga ukuthi uhlelo lwethu lwezokuthutha luyamangalisa ngoba lunikeza abantu amandla okwenza izinqumo ngokusekelwe ezidingweni.
Ngenxa yokuthi isixazululo sezokuthutha sisebenzela i-Europe akusho ukuthi sizosisebenzela enyakatho yeMinnesota. Abantu baseYurophu bangakwazi ukudlula izitimela ezisheshayo konke abakufunayo, kodwa ngizobe ngidla ukudla kwami โโkwasemini ezinhlanzini ezintsha engizibambe echibini.
Impendulo ivela ku- Dave Z:
Ngokombono wakamuva wendawo, u-Dave Zbaracki utusa ukuzicabangela yedwa kwaseMelika kanye nokukhethekile okwenza i-US ihluke kwamanye amazwe. Indaba ethize ye-paean yakhe kulokho okucatshangwa ukuthi uhlukile ivela ekuqhathaniseni kwakhe ujantshi wesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu esixhaswe umxhaso e-Europe kanye nethuba lomzila wesitimela ohlongozwayo wabagibeli phakathi kweDuluth namaTwin city. UDave uyabhala, โIngabe abantu bakulungele ngempela ukudela izici ezinkulu zendlela yabo yokuphila ukuze baxhase ezokuthutha ngololiwe?โ
Lo mbuzo ngiwuthola ukhathaza ngenxa yezizathu eziningi. Akucaci ukuthi imiphumela yesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu, into ekhona kuwo wonke amazwe anezimboni ngisho nakwamanye asathuthuka, ingadinga abantu baseMinnesota ukuba badele โindlela yethu yokuphila.โ UDave ulinganisa isitimela esinesivinini esikhulu nokwenyuka okukhulu kwentengo yegesi, okungukuthi u-$7 ilitha. Angakunakiyo ukuthi igesi isivele ixhaswe ngokuphumelelayo e-US ngokusebenzisa ikhefu elikhulu lentela ezinkampanini zamandla zamazwe ngamazwe kanye noxhaso lwe-ethanol, kanye nenani layo langempela, ukufakazela "okungaphandle" kwemvelo kanye nezindleko zokukhiqiza zibalwe phezulu njenge-$ 12. Ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa igesi namanye amandla atholakala emithonjeni yamafutha ezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi ngendlela engalawuleki kuyilapho uziba izindleko zangempela zokusebenzisa kwethu kuwubuwula obumsulwa. Kuzosiholela endleleni lapho izinguquko ezindleleni zethu zokuphila zizofika noma sithanda noma singathandi, nokho zizoba buhlungu kakhulu uma silinda isikhathi eside ukulungisa izinkinga esibhekene nazo.
Kungacatshangwa ukuthi kwakhiwe ujantshi wesitimela onesivinini esikhulu e-Minnesota ngaphandle kokuthi uxhaswe intela yegesi kuphela. Uhulumeni wobumbano wase-US ubukeka enezigidigidi zamadola ukuze athole usizo lwezokuvikela kanye nezinkampani ezizimele, ngokuqinisekile ezinye izimali zingenziwa zitholakale ukuze kutshalwe engqalasizinda yezwe. Impela, zikhona ezinye izimali zikahulumeni ezitholakalayo zokusekela ujantshi wesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu futhi singasebenza ngokuqinisekile ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi uxhaso olunjalo luyatholakala. Ukwakhiwa kukajantshi wesitimela onesivinini esikhulu kuzothatha isinyathelo esidingekile kude nomnotho osekelwe kuphethiloli, bese kubhekiselwa ekubhekaneni nokufudumala komhlaba. Kuzophinde kunikeze umfutho emnothweni wangempela ngokuguqula abasebenzi abakhona abanamakhono aphezulu emkhakheni wezokukhiqiza abebelokhu bebona imisebenzi iphuma ezweni futhi iguqulwa ibe imisebenzi yokukhiqiza imvelo esiyidinga kakhulu. Kunesandulela senguquko enjalo. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II kwaba noshintsho embonini yezimoto ezizimele ukusuka emotweni ukuya ekuqhutshweni kwezindiza eziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu ezimbonini ezikhiqizayo njengoba kwathathwa njengento ebaluleke kakhulu kuzwelonke. Ngokubeka ukubaluleka okufanayo ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuthutha ngobuningi kanye nokugcina imisebenzi yokukhiqiza amakhono esifundeni singathatha isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo ezibekwe phezu kwethu ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kanye nokushintsha komnotho wezwe.
Nakuba kunezici zezinhlelo/inkulumo-mpikiswano kaloliwe wesivinini esikhulu engingavumelani nazo, njengokufuna ukuthenga ubuchwepheshe e-Europe esikhundleni sokubukhiqiza e-US, lezi yizinkinga ezingase zixazululwe ukuze kuzuze abasebenzi base-US, Umnotho wase-US, futhi yingakho umnotho womhlaba uwonke.
Ukuphakamisa ukuthi ujantshi wesitimela esinesivinini esikhulu uzoyiguqula ngendlela engenakulungiseka indlela yokuphila yaseMinnesotan ibe yimbi kakhulu akuyona nje into efiselekayo, akunasibopho ngenxa yezinkinga ezinkulu zomnotho zemvelo kanye nesakhiwo esijulile esibhekene nombuso nezwe namuhla.
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