Inkosi enyulu uRichard Branson yathetha ngeGumbi leCarbon War, iqela loosomashishini, amagosa karhulumente kunye neenkokeli zeshishini njengendlela "yokususa iigigatons zekhabhoni kwishishini." Branson, ethetha kwinkomfa ye-SAP yeSapphire, i-Orlando-Frankfurt edibeneyo kunye nabathengi, uBranson uthe:
Ngokusisiseko utshaba yikhabhoni. Kwakungekho gumbi lemfazwe lokulungelelanisa ukulwa nekhabhoni.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba iteknoloji yolwazi ingena phi kule mfazwe kwikhabhoni, uBranson waphawula ukuba ishishini lidlala indima enkulu. Iinkampani zeteknoloji yolwazi kunye neenkokheli zoshishino kufuneka zijongane nokuzinza-ingakumbi kuba amaziko edatha aya kusebenzisa ngakumbi izibonelelo kwaye akhuphe i-carbon eninzi. U-Branson uqaphele ukuba i-IT idala imveliso yekhabhoni eninzi kunemizi-mveliso yokuthumela kunye neenqwelomoya.
Branson wathi:
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo i-IT enokuyenza kukuyenza lula. Isixhobo sivelisa imveliso yekhabhoni eninzi kuneshishini lokuthumela. Yenza lula izixhobo kumatshini omnye olula wokusingqongileyo. Uthando ukuba abantu be-IT banokusebenza kuloo nto.
Phakathi kwezinye izinto ezibhikiweyo kwintetho kaBranson:
Iingxaki zikhokelela kumathuba. Ukuchitheka kweoyile yeBP kubonisa indlela ekunzima ngayo ukombela ioyile imayile ngaphantsi kolwandle. Elo lithuba lezinye izibaso.
Izinto ezinkulu ezilandelayo zihlala zivela. Umzekelo, i-Virgin's space venture inokuba lishishini lokuhamba ngomoya. Ungabhabha ngokukhawuleza kangakanani ukusuka eNew York ukuya eFrankfurt ukuba unokukhupha abathengi kwiatmosfera yoMhlaba kwaye ubabuyisele ezantsi kwakhona.
UBranson uchitha “ama-60 ukusa kuma-70 ekhulwini exesha lam ekhangela iingxaki zehlabathi ezingenakulungiseka aze abone enoba sinokuzisingatha ngendlela eyahlukileyo kusini na ezo ngxaki.”
Ungaze ube mkhulu kakhulu. Ukuba uBranson ubona enye yenkampani yakhe ifumana abantu abangaphezu kwe-200 kwisakhiwo esinye uyahlula kubini. “Siqinisekisa ukuba akukho namnye kubo oba mkhulu kakhulu,” utshilo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Branson spends “60 to 70 percent of my time looking at intractable problems of the world and see if we can tackle those problems in a different way.
- Virgin chief Richard Branson touted the Carbon War Room, a group of entrepreneurs, public sector officials and industry leaders as a way to “remove gigatons of carbon out of industry.
- The BP oil spill shows how hard it is to drill for oil a mile under the sea.
