Ngaso sonke isikhathi ngiphinde ngivakashele le migqa yembongi nombhali wamaculo waseCanada, u-Leonard Cohen:
Khalisa izinsimbi ezingakwazi ukukhalaKhohlwa umnikelo wakho ofaneleKukhona ukuqhekeka kukho konkeKungena kanjalo ukukhanya.
Kulezi zikhathi zokuphika ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukushaya isifuba kwamasosha, amaholo amile, kanye nengcebo engapheli nobumpofu, imifantu eveza ukukhanya yikho konke esinakho. Zivela ezindaweni ezingalindelekile.
Thatha I-North American Windpower umagazini, shaft yokukhanya yanyanga zonke. Iqale ukuthunyelelwa umngane wami ongazange ayibhalisele. Lapho ngimtshela ukuthi kwakufundisa kangakanani - futhi kunethemba ngokwangempela - wangiguqulela ukungabhalisile kwakhe.
Udaba lwangoMashi 2017 lwaluphethe indaba yesisebenzi sesihlabathi sikawoyela e-Alberta, eCanada, uLliam Hildebrand, owakha umkhankaso kazwelonke, i-Iron and Earth, wokuqeqesha kabusha abadayisi besihlabathi sikawoyela abebengekho emsebenzini - phakathi kwabo okukhona amapayipi, abasebenza ngogesi, ababhayela, abamba imishini , kanye nezisebenzi zokwakha - ukungena kubasebenzi baseCanada bobuchwepheshe obuvuselelekayo, okuhlanganisa ilanga, umoya kanye namanzi. Ucwaningo lwabasebenzi abangu-1,000 bomkhakha wezihlabathi zikawoyela luveze ukuthi ama-63% aphendule ngokuthi angadlulela ngqo emkhakheni wamandla avuselelekayo ngokuqeqeshwa okuthile; futhi ama-59% abike ukuthi azimisele ukuthatha inkokhelo ukuze ashintshele emkhakheni ovuselelekayo. Inkampani yomoya yaseCanada, i-Beothuk Energy Inc., isayine Isivumelwano Sesivumelwano Ne-Iron and Earth sokuqeqesha kabusha abasebenzi bakawoyela negesi ohlelweni oluhlongozwayo lwenkampani yokuphehla umoya ogwini, olunamandla okudala amathuba emisebenzi angu-40,000 XNUMX.
Kungani lungekho uhlelo olufanayo lwase-US lwabasebenzi basembonini yamalahle abangasebenzi, uma kubhekwa ukuthi wonke umuntu uyazi - ngaphandle kukaMongameli - ukuthi izindleko zikagesi okhiqizwa amalahle azikwazi ukuncintisana nokuvuselelwa kabusha, nokuthi i-solar nomoya yiwona odala imisebenzi emikhulu ekuphehleni ugesi kagesi. Ithimba lonjiniyela lisanda kuphakamisa ukufaka ipulazi elikhulu lelanga phezu kwezindawo ezimbili zokususa isiqongo sezintaba enkabeni yezwe lamalahle, ePikeville, eKentucky. Ngaphezu kwalokho, bazibophezele ekuqasheni abavukuzi abaningi bamalahle abangasebenzi ngangokunokwenzeka. Yeka isibonakaliso esinemininingwane yezikhathi kunalesi: ngo-April 2017, i-Kentucky Coal Museum yafaka amaphaneli elanga ophahleni lwayo!
EWest Virginia eseduze, i-Coal River Mountain Watch ilwela ukusindisa amahektha angu-6,600 entaba yawo ekuqhunyisweni kokumbiwa kwamalahle ngesiphakamiso sepulazi lomoya elingu-440 Megawatt. Amandla omoya azophehla ugesi ezindlini eziyi-150,000, asuse amahektha angama-200 kuphela ehlathi eliqinile, adale amathuba emisebenzi angama-200 lapho engu-40-50 ehlala unomphela futhi ehlala isikhathi eside kunemisebenzi yamalahle, futhi inikeze imali eqhubekayo emnothweni wendawo.
Khumbula isithombe sikaMashi sikaMongameli u-Trump ezizungezile nabavukuzi bamalahle njengoba esayina i-Executive Order ehlakaza i-Clean Power Plan enomgomo wayo wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide ngo-32% kusukela kumazinga ka-2005 ngo-2030? Uthembise abavukuzi ukuthi ngokushaywa kwepeni lakhe uzobabuyisela emsebenzini. Kodwa umongameli ongazi lutho wayengasifezanga isithembiso sakhe embonini.
โAwukwazi ukubuyisela imboni yamalahle lapho yayikhona,โ kuphendula u-Robert Murray, i-CEO ye-Murray Energy Corporation engomunye wabaphathi abakhulu abazimele bezimayini zamalahle ezweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMurray ` "abanazo izinhlelo ezisheshayo zokuvula kabusha izimayini noma ukuqasha abavukuzi ngemva kokusayinwa kwe-oda,"` ngokomagazini kaMeyi weNorth American Windpower.
Umoya uvunguza ngamandla futhi uzinzile e-Iowa, kusho uLieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds ozwakalisa ngokufanelekile izinhloso zezwe lakhe kanye nezifiso zamandla avuselelekayo kumagazini ka-April we-North American Windpower. I-Iowa isendleleni yokuhlangana no-40% kagesi wabo ophuma ezinjinini zomoya, okuyisabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke kunoma yisiphi isimo ezweni naphakathi kweziphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni. Uphawula ukuthi ukuhlangana kwezinto eziningi, phakathi kwazo, ezombangazwe, ezemfundo, ezamabhizinisi, kanye nomphakathi, okukhuthaza isimo sezulu esivuna amandla avuselelekayo kulesi sifundazwe.
Ngo-1983, i-Iowa yaphasisa izinga likagesi ovuselelekayo wokuqala wezwe ngesikhathi lapho wawucishe uncike ngokuphelele emalahleni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, amanyuvesi omphakathi, ngokusekelwa kukahulumeni, athuthukise izinhlelo zokucwaninga amandla omoya aqinile futhi afundisa onjiniyela bamandla omoya kanye nabenzi bezinqubomgomo, kuyilapho amakolishi omphakathi eqeqesha ochwepheshe ukufaka, ukusevisa nokugcina izinjini zomoya. Mayelana nemisebenzi yokukhiqiza, cishe konke ukwakhiwa kwama-turbine, ukuhlanganisa nokufakwa kwenziwa yizinkampani ezingaphansi kombuso ezinye zazo eziphinde zahlala lapho. Abanye, njenge-Facebook ne-Google, bakhangwe ukuchichima kwamandla avuselelekayo nengqalasizinda enhle. Abalimi, emhlabeni wabo izinjini zomoya ezijikelezayo, bathola umthombo wemali othembekile ezinkokhelweni zokuqashisa; kanye nohulumeni basekhaya, isisekelo sentela esithuthukisiwe sezidingo zomphakathi wendawo. I-MidAmerican Energy Company, insiza enkulu kunazo zonke yase-Iowa, ibona ngeso lengqondo ukuhlinzeka amandla avuselelekayo angu-100% kumakhasimende ayo.
Umcabango owodwa wokugcina uma kucatshangelwa ukumelana nobuqhawe kwaboMdabu baseMelika e-Standing Rock Reservation, eNyakatho Dakota ukuya epayipini likawoyela eliqhekekile elibeka engcupheni amanzi nezindawo zabo ezingcwele. Enyakatho yamaThafa Amakhulu, okungenzeka kube umbuso ocebe kakhulu womoya emhlabeni, amandla omoya ezizwe edlula amagigawathi angu-300 ezifundazweni eziyisithupha, ngokusho koMnyango Wezamandla. Le motherlode ilingana cishe nengxenye yomthamo wamanje wokuphehla ugesi e-United States.
U-Pat Hynes, unjiniyela wezemvelo osethathe umhlalaphansi kanye noProfesa Wezempilo Yezemvelo e-Boston University, uqondisa i-TRaprock Center for Peace and Justice entshonalanga Massachusetts.
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