Uluntu lwaseBritane lukhokelwe ekubeni umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu ubalulekile.Abuyonyani.

I-Heathrow igcwele. La magama mancinci mathathu athumela abantu abanengqondo kwiiparoxysms. Izityebi ezixhalabileyo zaseHolland Park, eChiswick naseKensington, ziqonda ukuba zinokuba ziphantsi kwendlela yenqwelo moya ecetywayo yesithathu, zithontelana ukuya kwiintlanganiso zoqhanqalazo. Amaqela ohlaza agxeka uthethwano lukaRhulumente, kungekudala luza kuphela, njengenkohliso. Abagqatswa abane bosodolophu baseLondon bakhuphe iintengiso ezigcwele iphepha elibhengeza inkcaso yabo. Iinkokeli zamashishini zidlula iGreenpeace ngolwimi lwe-apocalyptic, zibanga ukuba isikhululo seenqwelomoya "sibaluleke kakhulu kwimpumelelo yezoqoqosho" kwaye zixela kwangaphambili ukuba iifemu ziya kubalekela phesheya. “IHeathrow inokwehla okanye ikhule,” utsho njalo uFuture Heathrow, iqela elikhuthaza amashishini. "Ayikwazi ukuhlala njengoko injalo."

Ukuba le ngxelo yokugqibela ayiyonyani ngokucacileyo ayimyekanga uRhulumente ukuba anikezele kwi-hysteria. Abanye oogxa bakaRuth Kelly kwiKhabhinethi bayathandabuza ukuba ishishini lomoya linikwe imvume yokujongela phantsi eminye imigaqo-nkqubo. Njengoboya obukhulu obuphose i-Ice Age, iSebe lezoThutho liqhubela phambili kunye nenjongo yalo yokuphinda kabini iinqwelomoya zase-UK kwiminyaka eyi-25, nangona iingxelo ezininzi ezigunyazisiweyo ezibonisa ukuba oku kuya kwenza ukuba i-Whitehall ingakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezibophelelo zayo zokutshintsha kwemozulu.

Libala urhulumente ohlangeneyo: ngelixa uNobhala Wendalo ebongoza abathengisi ukuba bayeke iibhalbhu zokukhanya zakudala, kwaye uNondyebo ubiza uhambo lomoya olubi kangangokuba abakhweli kufuneka bahlawule irhafu ethe kratya, uNksk. .

Bekusoloko kukho umthetho omnye kwishishini lomoya kunye nomnye kwabanye. Ngelixa uNondyebo ekhusela irhafu yepetroli ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yezizathu zokusingqongileyo, iinqwelo-moya ziyaqhubeka nokuhlawula irhafu kumafutha. I-EU ibeka imigangatho kubenzi beemoto abanazo ukukhala, kodwa ayinakuchukumisa indawo yomoya. I-DfT iye yalahla indlela yayo “yokuqikelela nokubonelela” kwiimoto kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, iqonda ukuba ukwenziwa kweendlela kukhokelele ngokungenakuthintelwa kuninzi lwezithuthi kwaye ingqwalasela yokusingqongileyo yenza ukuba ulwabiwo lwayimfuneko. Kodwa iyaqhubeka iqikelela kwaye ibonelela ngeshishini lomoya, ingafuni ukuqwalasela ukuba imfuno kufuneka incitshiswe.

Umgangatho ophindwe kabini ukhokelele ekuphunyezweni kwezithembiso eHeathrow. ITheminali yesi-4 yamkelwa ngo-1978, ngokuxhomekeke kumlinganiselo wokuhamba kwezithuthi ngonyaka wama-275,000. Kwiminyaka emibini emva koko i-BAA yarekhoda iintshukumo ezingama-287,000, kunye nama-376,000 ngo-1990. Xa iTerminal 5 yamkelwa ngo-2001, umhloli wocwangciso kunye ne-BAA bathi umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu “awusayi kwamkeleka kwaphela”, kwaye wamisela umnqwazi omtsha weentshukumo ezingama-480,000. Kodwa ngo-2003 iPhepha leNgcaciso yoMgaqo-nkqubo elijolise kuma-700,000.

Isizathu kukubaluleka kohambo lweenqwelomoya kuqoqosho. Ibiya kuba bubudenge ukuthi ukuhamba ngenqwelo-moya akubalulekanga kwishishini. Kodwa ezinye iintsomi ziyalahlekisa. Ukukhula kokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kubangelwa kuhambo lokuzonwabisa, kungekhona kushishino. Ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-80 zabahambi bamazwe aphesheya kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zase-UK, kunye neepesenti ezingama-60 eHeathrow, ngabakhenkethi. Ukhenketho oluphumayo luphumela ngaphandle, ludala i-18 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi eziseleyo kwintsilelo yeentlawulo. Kule veki kuphela, ikhonkco leehotele leTravelodge licele ukuba kupheliswe ikhefu lerhafu elingafanelekanga kwiinqwelomoya zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali, oluthi "yeyona nto ibangela ukwehla kweendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide zemveli [e-UK]".

Yenye into ukuphatha ishishini lomoya njengetyala elikhethekileyo, kuyenye into ukugqwetha izibakala. Kwaye apha intsebenziswano kaRhulumente kunye neshishini yingxaki.

Thatha i-greenwash kuqala. Abaphathiswa baphinda amazwi athi “ukwandiswa kweHeathrow kuya kuqhubeka kuphela phakathi kwemida engqongqo yokusingqongileyo”. Kodwa bazi kakuhle ukuba ukungabikho kwemigangatho esemthethweni kwingxolo kushiya uluntu lungenakuzikhusela. Imigangatho emitsha yobulunga bomoya ye-EU ibikhangeleka ngathi ngumqobo ongenakuthelekiswa nanto kumgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu, kodwa ixhaswe ngamabango antsonkothileyo okuba ukukhutshwa kwezithuthi ezindleleni kuya kuwa. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo i-Advertising Standards Authority iyalele iBritish Airways ukuba irhoxise ibango, eyenziwe yi-CEO yayo kwi-imeyile kumalungu e-Executive Club, ukuba umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu uya kunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekharbon dioksidi ngenxa yokuba iinqwelomoya azisayi kuphinda zichithe umgca wamafutha ukuthatha. ngaphandle okanye emhlabeni. Le mifuziselo ichasene ngokupheleleyo neWhitehall, ecinga ukuba umgaqo weenqwelomoya omtsha uya kuphakamisa ukukhutshwa kweCO2 ngeetoni zezigidi ezi-2.6 ngonyaka ukusuka kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-200,000 ezongezelelweyo.

Okwesibini, thatha iingxoxo malunga nomthamo. Amanani e-BAA abonisa ngokucacileyo ukuba iHeathrow ayigcwalanga. Hayi ukude. Isihlomelo kuthethwano lukarhulumente kumgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu sithi abakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-67 basebenzisa i-Heathrow ngo-2006, kwaye oku kunokunyuka ukuya kwi-122 yezigidi ukuba kwakhiwa umgaqo weenqwelo-moya wesithathu. Kodwa ikwabonisa ukuba abantu abazizigidi ezingama-95 bangasebenzisa i-Heathrow ukuba "usetyenziso oluninzi lwenziwe ngeendlela ezikhoyo".

Ngesinye i-stroke sijonge i-con, mhlawumbi eyona inkulu eyakhe yenziwa kubantu baseBritane yi-DfT. Kuba i-BAA ngokwayo isixelela ukuba izigidi ezingama-28 zabantu abangakumbi banokusebenzisa i-Heathrow ngaphandle komgaqo weenqwelo-moya omtsha kwaye ngaphandle kokwaphula umnqwazi kwiinqwelomoya.

Njani? Ngokusebenzisa iinqwelomoya ezinkulu kunye nokuzalisa izihlalo ezininzi. UJeff Gazzard, we-Airport Watch, uthi ukuba i-Heathrow ayivunyelwanga ukuba yandise, inokukhuthaza imboni yeenqwelo-moya ukuba ityale imali ngokukhawuleza kwinqwelomoya enkulu njenge-A380, apho abanye sele bekhusela ukubheja kwabo.

Iinqwelomoya ezinkulu azinakucombulula utshintsho lwemozulu, nangona beziya kunciphisa ungcoliseko lwasekuhlaleni. Ingongoma kukuba sixelelwe ukuba iHeathrow igcwele xa ingekho. Olo hlobo lokugqwetheka lucebisa ukuba i-DfT iyekile ukusebenza njengengalo karhulumente kwaye ibe licandelo nje le-BAA.

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