Ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-70, iinkampani ze-oyile kwihlabathi liphela ziye zaphupha ngokuxhaphaza ioyile kunxweme lweArctic. Ngokuphuculwa kwamandla ahlaziyekayo kunye nophuhliso olukhulayo kweli candelo, akukho mfuneko yokuqhubeka nokukhangela ioyile ukubonelela ngeemfuno zamandla zehlabathi.
Kwimeko yangoku, sizama ukufumana okuchaseneyo: ukukhokelela umhlaba kwixesha lokwenza i-decarbonization ukunqanda ifuthe lotshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokuphelisa ungcoliseko. Nangona kunjalo, uMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump wenze isindululo somthetho sokuvumela ukubhola kweoyile ku-RIndawo yokubalekela yeSizwe yase-Alaska (ANWR), ekhokelwa nguLisa Murkowski, usihlalo weKomiti yeNdlu yeeNgwevu yeeNdalo naMandla. Ngaba sithathe amanyathelo emva kuphuhliso lwamandla ethu?
Ukuxhaphaza iArctic
Le projekthi, inyathelo layo livela kumongameli, inokuvumela ifandesi yamaphepha-mvume amabini drill i-1.600 yeekhilomitha zesikwere zalo mmandla wonxweme, ihlanjwe luLwandlekazi iArctic nakumantla mpuma eAlaska, ukuze inyuse ngaphezulu kwe-1.000 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ezi layisenisi ziya kunikwa kule minyaka ilishumi izayo.
UDonald Trump ukhokele i-United States ngokuchasene nenkqubela yamandla efezekiswa ngamanye amazwe. Ngombulelo kwesiVumelwano saseParis, amandla ahlaziyekayo aya esiba ninzi ngakumbi kuzo zonke iimarike kwaye ahlangabezana neemfuno zamandla ngakumbi nangakumbi, nto leyo inegalelo ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwerhasi.
I-Alaska Senator ithi Ukuvulwa kweNxalenye encinci ye-ANWR Zone Unokwenza amawaka emisebenzi elungileyo kwaye ugcine amandla ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo kwiintsapho nakumashishini anezixhobo ezimbalwa. Ukongeza, uyangqina ukuba ukubonelelwa kwamandla kuya kugcinwa ngendlela eqinileyo kwaye kuya kunciphisa intsilelo yomdibaniso, ngelixa lomeleza ukhuseleko lwesizwe.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba, ngokwezibalo zeUS Geological Survey, zibakhona kuloo ndawo malunga nezigidi ezili-12.000 zemigqomo yeoli enokuphinda ifumaneke.
Iintlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo ziya kuchaphazeleka
Urhulumente wase-US wayesele evumele, kunye nezithintelo ezibonakalayo, imisebenzi yeoyile kunxweme olusemantla ntshona eAlaska, kodwa engazange ayichukumise i-ANWR ithathelwe ingqalelo njengobutyebi bendalo esingqongileyo kwindalo yayo, kunye namawaka eentaka, iibhere ezimhlophe kunye nereindeer.
Ukongeza, kule ndawo kukho izizwe zemveli kunye nabantu abaxhomekeke kuphela ekuzingeleni ezi reindeer kunye neminenga, ke ukuxhaphaza le oli kungabatshabalalisa.
Kubo bonke abakhuseli bendalo esingqongileyo, abo bangamalungu emibutho yezendalo kunye nabo bangenayo, konke oku kuyimpazamo ngokuchasene nenkqubela yamandla efezekiswayo kwilizwe liphela. Ukukhokelela kule planethi kutshintsho lwamandla ngokusekwe kumandla ahlaziyekayo kufuneka kube yeyona nto iphambili kwaye kungasetyenziswa gwenxa amafutha ezinto eziphaphazelayo kwakhona, kuchaphazela ubuncwane obufana nokwahluka kwendawo ye-ANWR.
Ngonyaka 1995, UMongameli uClinton wavotela umthetho ofanayo ukuxhaphaza ioyile kwi-Arctic kwaye, ngo-2005, elinye ilinge laphikiswa ngumda omncinci kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu. Kuya kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba, ukuba indawo yokubalekela enexabiso lokusingqongileyo njengeArctic ayikhuselekanga kwimisebenzi eyonakalisayo enje, akukho ndawo indalo ikhuselweyo inokuba nanini na.
Ukongeza ekukhuseleni indalo, le ndawo ibaluleke kakhulu ekukhuseleni ilifa lemveli laseAlaska kunye nenkcubeko yemveli.
Enye iprojekthi evunyiweyo
Ngexesha elifanayo nokuvulwa kwe-ANWR kwicandelo leoyile, iOfisi yoKhuseleko kunye nokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo kuRhulumente wakho kule veki inike ukukhanya okuluhlaza Inkampani italy Eni SpA ukugrumba iqula lokuhlola eLwandle lwaseBeaufort, nakwiArctic, phakathi kweAlaska neCanada, nakwindawo yokuhlala izilwanyana zasendle.
Njengoko kunokubonwa, akukho nto inokumisa izigqibo ngokuchasene nolondolozo lwendalo olwenziwa nguDonald Trump, oza kuthi kamva abenakho ukubona iziphumo zazo.