Yize ubuchwepheshe emkhakheni wamandla buqhubeka nokukhula usuku nosuku, ubuphofu bamandla sekuyinkinga enkulu eYurophu. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi amandla avuselelekayo nokusebenza kahle kwamandla kuya ngokuba ngcono futhi ngcono futhi athuthuka ngokwengeziwe. Kodwa-ke, yize kungekho ncazelo esemthethweni, ubuphofu bamandla bubhekisa kubo bonke labo bantu abangakwazi ukukhokha intengo yamandla ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zabo.
Ngaphezu kokuthuthukiswa kwamandla ahlukile, ukwanda kwamandla aphelele atholakalayo kanye nezinhlelo eziningi zezinhlangano, amazwe nezinkampani zokunciphisa lezi zinkinga, kulinganiselwa ukuthi abantu abaphakathi kwezigidi ezingama-50 no-125 eYurophu bahlushwa yile nkinga yobuphofu bamandla. Lokhu kungaba namiphi imiphumela?
Ubuphofu bamandla eYurophu
Ubuphofu bamandla abuthinti nje kuphela abantu abangakwazi ukukhokhela ugesi ohlangabezana nezidingo zabo, buthinta nezemvelo kanye nomnotho womhlaba jikelele. Ngokuya ngokunye ukuhlaziywa, abantu abachitha ngaphezulu kwe-10% yemali yabo engenayo ekufudumezeleni amakhaya abo bahlala ezimeni zobuphofu bamandla. Lokhu kungenxa ye- inhlanganisela yemali engenayo ephansi, amanani aphezulu wamandla nokusebenza kwamandla aphansi emakhaya
Vele, abathintekayo kakhulu ngubuphofu bamandla yilabo abenza imali encane ekhaya, kungaba ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemisebenzi noma imisebenzi engemihle. Ngaphezu kwalokho, le nkinga ibuye ithinte nemindeni esezingeni eliphakathi.
Yimiphi imithelela engaba nayo emphakathini?
Ubuphofu bamandla bungaba nomthelela omkhulu empilweni nasenhlalakahleni yabantu. Isibonelo, ingakhuphula ubungozi bokufa ebusika, iholele engcupheni yokwanda kwezifo ezibangelwa izinkinga zokujikeleza kwegazi, izinkinga zokuphefumula nokunye.
Ukufakwa kwendlu okungekuhle, kuhlanganiswe nokushisa okunganele, kukhiqiza ukukhishwa okuphezulu kwegesi lokushisa futhi kudle amandla amaningi ekhaya. Njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwamandla emakhaya kubanga ingxenye yesithathu yokukhishwa kwe-CO2 eYurophu, umthelela omkhulu lokhu okubandakanya imvelo ungancishiswa.
Njengamanje kunezibonelelo zokwehlisa intengo yesikweletu sikagesi. Kodwa-ke, iSpain inawo ugesi obiza kakhulu kulo lonke elaseYurophu futhi iyizwe lesibili elinesilinganiso sokungasebenzi okuphezulu kakhulu kuyo yonke i-European Union.
Kukhona i-halo encane yethemba. USchneider Electric usebenzisana ne-NGO Ashoka kuhlelo "Social Innovation to Tackle Fuel Poverty", inhloso yalo ukwenza ngcono izimo zokuphila zezigidi zabantu ababencishwe amathuba eYurophu. Lolu hlelo lufuna ukukhomba nokusekela minyaka yonke phakathi kwezinhlelo ezintsha eziyi-15 nezingama-20 zosomabhizinisi bezenhlalakahle, ezigxile ekulweni nobuphofu bamandla.