nguLinda Pentz Gunter, Ngaphandle kwe-Nuclear International, November 1, 2021
Ngakho-ke sesiphinda futhi kwenye i-COP (Conference of the Parties). Hhayi-ke, abanye bethu baseGlasgow, eScotland eCOP uqobo, futhi abanye bethu, kuhlanganisa nalo mbhali, bahlezi buqamama, bezama ukuzizwa benethemba.
Kodwa lokhu kuyi-COP 26. Lokho kusho ukuthi sekuvele kukhona 25 uzama ekubhekaneni nenhlekelele eyayikade isondela futhi manje esiphezu kwethu. Imijikelezo engamashumi amabili nanhlanu ye-"blah, blah, blah" njengesishoshovu sesimo sezulu sentsha, u-Greta Thunberg, wakubeka kahle.
Ngakho uma abanye bethu bengezwa amahloni ethemba ezihlathini zethu, singathethelelwa. Ngisho, ngisho Indlovukazi yaseNgilandi sekwanele ukukhuluma-futhi-no-kungenzi lutho kwabaholi bethu bomhlaba, abelokhu, ngokuvamile, engenamsebenzi nhlobo. Ngisho, kulokhu, ngingekho. Ezinye zazo zibe zimbi kakhulu kunalokho.
Ukungenzi lutho oluqinile ngesimo sezulu kulesi sigaba kuyicala elibhekiswe esintwini. Futhi konke okunye okuphilayo eMhlabeni. Kufanele kube izizathu zokuvela eNkantolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe. Ethekwini.
Kodwa yimaphi amagesi abamba ukushisa amakhulu kakhulu emhlabeni asetshenziswa manje? Ukuthuthukisa nokwandisa yabo izikhali zenuzi. Obunye ubugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini. Kunjengokungathi abakaqapheli nakancane ukuthi iplanethi yethu isivele iya esihogweni ngokushesha ngobhasikidi. Bangathanda nje ukusheshisa izinto kancane ngokufaka nathi i-armageddon yenuzi.
Hhayi ukuthi lezi zinto zombili azixhumene. Imboni yamandla enuzi angenawo umphakathi izama kanzima ukuthola indlela yokubhekana nezixazululo zesimo sezulu se-COP. Izenze kabusha ngokuthi “zero-carbon”, okungamanga. Futhi la manga awaphikiswa ngosopolitiki bethu abazimisele abawaphinda ngokunganaki. Ingabe ngempela bavilapha futhi bayiziphukuphuku? Cishe akunjalo. Funda uqhubeke.
Amandla enuzi akusona isixazululo sezulu. Ngeke yenze udaba lwezezimali olubambekayo, uma kuqhathaniswa nezinto ezivuselelekayo nokusebenza kahle kwamandla, futhi ayikwazi ukuletha cishe ugesi owanele ngesikhathi ukuze igweme ukugabadela okungenakuvinjelwa kwenhlekelele yesimo sezulu. Iyanensa kakhulu, ibiza kakhulu, iyingozi kakhulu, ayikakaxazululi inkinga yayo yemfucuza ebulalayo futhi iveza ukuphepha okungaba yinhlekelele kanye nengozi yokwanda.
Amandla enuzi ahamba kancane futhi ayabiza kangangokuthi akunandaba noma 'ayi-low-carbon' (singasaphathwa 'i-zero-carbon'). Njengososayensi, U-Amory Lovins, ithi, “Ukungabi ne-carbon akusho ukusebenza kahle kwesimo sezulu.” Uma umthombo wamandla uhamba kancane futhi ubiza kakhulu, "uzonciphisa futhi ubambezele ukuvikeleka kwesimo sezulu okufinyelelekayo," kungakhathaliseki ukuthi 'ikhabhoni ephansi' kangakanani.
Lokhu kushiya isizathu esisodwa esingaba khona sokuthatheka kwezepolitiki ekugcineni imboni yamandla enuzi iphila: ukubaluleka kwayo emkhakheni wezikhali zenuzi.
Ama-reactor amasha, amancane, asheshayo azokwenza i-plutonium, ibaluleke embonini yezikhali zenuzi njengoba uHenry Sokolski noVictor Gilinsky be Isikhungo Semfundo Sokuvikela Inqubomgomo qhubeka nokukhomba. Ezinye zalezi zinto ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-micro-reactors zizosetshenziselwa ukunika amandla inkundla yezempi. I-Tennessee Valley Authority isivele isebenzisa ama-reactors ayo amabili enuzi ukukhiqiza i-tritium, esinye “isithako” esibalulekile sezikhali zenuzi kanye nokufiphala okuyingozi kwemigqa yenuzi yezempi neyomphakathi.
Ukugcina ama-reactor akhona eqhubeka, nokwakha amasha, kugcina indlela yokuphila yabasebenzi nolwazi oludingwa umkhakha wezikhali zenuzi. Kuzwakala izixwayiso ezimbi emahholo ombuso mayelana nosongo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe uma umkhakha wezikhali zenuzi uphela.
Lokhu kungaphezu kokuqagela. Konke kubhalwe emibhalweni eminingi evela emigwaqweni efana Umkhandlu wase-Atlantic kuya I-Energy Futures Initiative. Kuye kwacwaningwa kahle izifundiswa ezimbili ze-stellar e-University of Sussex e-UK - U-Andy Stirling noPhil Johnstone. Cishe akukaze kukhulunywe ngakho. Kuhlanganisa nalabo bethu embuthweni wamandla okulwa nenuzi, okwamangaza u-Stirling noJohnstone.
Kodwa ngandlela-thile kusobala ngokusobala. Njengoba thina enhlanganweni emelene ne-nuclear sinyakazisa ubuchopho bethu ukuze siqonde ukuthi kungani izimpikiswano zethu eziqinile neziphoqayo eziphikisana nokusebenzisa amandla enuzi esimweni sezulu ziwela njalo ezindlebeni ezingezwa, mhlawumbe siphuthelwa iqiniso lokuthi izingxabano ze-nuclear-ibalulekile-kusimo sezulu. sizwa ukuthi i-smortscreen eyodwa nje enkulu.
Okungenani, asethembe kanjalo. Ngoba okunye kusho ukuthi osopolitiki bethu bangamavila futhi bayiziphukuphuku, futhi futhi bayakhohliseka, noma basemaphaketheni abangcolisi abakhulu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-nuclear noma i-fossil fuel, noma kungenzeka konke okungenhla. Futhi uma kunjalo, kufanele sizimisele ngokuthola “blah, blah, blah” okwengeziwe ku-COP 26 kanye nombono omubi ngempela wezizukulwane zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo.
Ngakho-ke, sibonga kakhulu kozakwethu abazobe behambele i-COP 26, abazobe beqhakambisa—kunokuba batshekisele—amawindmill njengoba bebeka icala labo, ukuthi amandla enuzi awanandawo, futhi empeleni avimbe, izixazululo zesimo sezulu.
Futhi ngithemba ukuthi bazophinde baveze ukuthi amandla enuzi abizayo futhi aphelelwe yisikhathi akufanele neze akhuthazwe - ngaphansi kwenkohliso yesixazululo sezulu - njengezaba zokuqhubekisela phambili imboni yezikhali zenuzi.
U-Linda Pentz Gunter unguchwepheshe wamazwe ngamazwe e-Beyond Nuclear futhi ubhalela futhi uhlele i-Beyond Nuclear International.
