Cishe inyanga edlule, ngoJulayi 14th, ngolunye usuku ngemva kombhikisho omkhulu woku Misa Ukuthunyelwa Kwegesi Eqhekekile e-Cove Point nangaphezulu, abantu abangu-25 bathathe isinyathelo esiqondile esingenalo udlame ekomkhulu le-DC ye-FERC, i-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. I-FERC yenza izinto eziningi, kodwa isizathu esenza lezi zenzo zangomhla ziyi-13 no-14 kuJulayi zenzekile kungenxa yendima yazo njengesitembu senjoloba esibonakalayoโngento efana nenani lokugunyaza elingu-98%โkunoma imaphi amapayipi aphakathi kwezifunda noma amaphrojekthi engqalasizinda aphakanyiswe kuwo imboni yegesi.
Amathuba makhulu kakhulu ukuthi, njengoba ungekho umkhankaso omkhulu kakhulu wokumelana, i-FERC izovuma hhayi nje kuphela izindawo ezintathu zokuthekelisa igesi ezigunyazwe kuze kube manje eLouisiana naseTexas kanye nesiphakamiso esisalindile se-Cove Point (Md) kodwa futhi neshumi nambili noma ngaphezulu. ezicutshungulwa yibona njengoba kulotshiwe. Futhi kungase kube nokunye okwengeziwe.
Kuyosho ukuthini uma i-FERC ivuma zonke, noma eziningi, zalezi ziphakamiso?
-Kuzosho ukunyuka kwama-50-60% kumthamo wegesi ye-shale ekhiqizwa inqubo ye-hydraulic fracturing-fracking-izwe lonke. Lokhu-ke kuzoholela ekwandeni kwenani lamapayipi egesi, iziteshi ze-compressor kanye nezinye izingqalasizinda ezakhiwe ezindaweni zasemakhaya, ezisemadolobheni nasemadolobheni ezingakaze zenzeke ngaphambili.
-Lokhu kuzosho abantu abaningi abengeziwe abaguliswa ubuthi bamanzi abo kanye/noma umoya abahlala eduze kwemithombo eqhekekayo noma iziteshi ze-compressor, abantu abaningi abengeziwe ababona amanani ezindlu zabo kanye nenani lemali lincipha.
-Kuzolimaza ngokungangabazeki ukukhula kwemithombo yamandla ehlanzeke ngempela njengomoya nelanga, inciphise lapho iqala khona ukusuka futhi ikhule ngokushesha e-US nasemhlabeni wonke.
-Futhi mhlawumbe okubi kakhulu, kuzovala emashumini eminyaka e-methane ne-CO2 ekhishwa emkhathini, cishe ngokuqinisekile kwenze kungenzeki ukugwema ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kanye nayo yonke imithelela eyinhlekelele yomhlaba wonke. Ngisho noMnyango Wezamandla, oweseka i-schizophrenically fracking, wavuma embikweni owukhiphe ngoJuni ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwegesi ephukile e-Asia, indawo yokuqala, kuzodala ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa eseduze noma engaphezulu kunokushisa kwe-Asia- amalahle asekelwe. Futhi kunjalo nakuba basebenzisa izilinganiso zokukhishwa kwe-methane ezinamaphutha kakhulu ezingahambelani nezifundo zakamuva zenkundla yesayensi.
Ngamanye amazwi, kukhona ukuphuthuma kwangempela kulolu daba kulabo abaluthola ngobucayi besimo sezulu esibucayi.
AbakwaFERC 25 abagcinanga nje ngokuthola kodwa bazimisele ngokuboshwa ukuze bazame ukunakwa ngalesi simo esiphuthumayo esikuso. Kwaphela amahora amabili, kusukela ngo-7:45 ekuseni baze baboshwa cishe ngo-10 ekuseni, kwakunzima kubasebenzi beFERC ukuthi bangene endlini yabo ukuze bangene emsebenzini. Ukuze benze lokho kudingeke ukuthi behle bezungeza izidumbu zalabo ababehlezi phambi kwamasango ensimbi amaphoyisa ayewabekile ukuze azame ukulawula ukungena ezintubeni ezimbili zabahamba ngezinyawo. Kwakumele bezwe ukucula babone nezimpawu zokuthi iFERC iguqule izindlela zayo. Abanye babo, omunye angathemba, kwadingeka bathinteke kulobu bufakazi obungenabo ubudlova obuphazamisayo.
Kusukela lesi senzo, amakhulu abantu asayine isifungo esasakazwa ngabashokobezi abazinze ePennsylvania bethi bazimisele ngokuthatha isinyathelo esifanayo uma kunesidingo ukuzama ukumisa umshini wezitembu zenjoloba we-FERC. Amalungu e-FERC 25 kanye nabanye sebeqalile ukubamba izingcingo ukuze benze izinhlelo zezinyathelo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulokhu kuwa, imininingwane esazonqunywa.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba aye ejele iminyaka ecishe ibe mibili ngenxa yesenzo sakhe sesibindi sokumelana nomphakathi e-Utah, u-Tim DeChristopher wakhuluma nezinkulungwane engqungqutheleni ye-Power Shift ka-2011 e-DC. Ucele ukuthi kube nezinyathelo zamasu ngesimo sezulu esidlule usuku olulodwa noma ezimbili kodwa, esikhundleni salokho, isonto noma ngaphezulu, usuku nosuku, abantu abazimisele ukubeka engcupheni yokuboshwa ngezinombolo ezizodala inkinga yezepolitiki kulawo mandla. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva isenzo esinjalo senzeke e-DC ngamasonto amabili okuhlala phambi kwe-White House ukumisa ipayipi le-KXL tar sands. Kwaboshwa abantu abangu-1250, kwathi eminyakeni emithathu kamuva lelo payipi alikakakhiwa.
Ingabe izimo esibhekene nazo, uhlelo lokukhuphuka okumangalisayo kokuqhekeka kanye nokuhwebelana kwamazwe ngamazwe, alikhali yini into efanayo?
Ingabe kukhona ukungqubuzana okusebenzayo kokuthi kungani ukunyakaza kwesimo sezulu, noma okungenani ingxenye yakhona esekela i-cd yamasu angenabudlova, kungafanele ihlangane manje ukuze isekele into efanayo kwa-FERC ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka?
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