Uhulumeni kaNdunankulu uRishi Sunak unikeze imvume yeqembu ekuvulweni kwemayini yokuqala yamalahle e-UK eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu, okuyisinqumo esithumele abezemvelo kanye namalungu ephalamende ukuthi bavuke umbhejazane.
Imayini, ezobiza u-165 million pounds sterling (cishe ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-192) izoba seWhitehaven, eCumbria, enyakatho yeNgilandi, inqobo nje uma iphrojekthi ivunywa endaweni ngo-2019, futhi izosebenza nabantu abangu-500. Kulindeleke ukuthi ikhiqize amathani ayizigidi ezintathu zamalahle ensimbi ngonyaka, okungamaphesenti angu-18 okusetshenziswa kwezwe minyaka yonke. KwakunguNgqongqoshe ophethe iTerritorial Cohesion, uMichael Gove, owenza isimemezelo futhi wachaza ukuthi "la malahle asetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi."
Lesi sinqumo singqubuzana nenqubomgomo yaseBrithani yeminyaka yakamuva yokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwezimbiwa phansi kuze kufike ezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa uGove waqinisekisa ukuthi imayini, ngaphezu kokufaka isandla “ekuqashweni kwabantu bendawo kanye nomnotho uwonke”, izosebenza ngokuhambisana nemigomo. ukukhishwa kwe-net zero, lokho izazi zemvelo eziye zakubiza ngokuthi akunakwenzeka. I-Guardian igxeke ngokuthi izokhiqiza amathani angu-400.000 esisi esingcolisa umoya, okulingana nezinye izilawuli ezingu-200.000 emigwaqweni.
"Okungenangqondo" futhi "okubi" kufana neLungu lePhalamende laseCumbrian, kuhlanganise nomholi we-Liberal Democrat u-Tim Farron, isinqumo, okuthi ngaphezu kwaleli gama "ukwehluleka okudabukisayo kobuholi". UHarder kwakunguCaroline Lucas, isekela leqembu labaHlaza, okufana "nobugebengu besimo sezulu obubhekiswe esintwini." Ku-Alok Sharma, iLungu lePhalamende le-Conservative elaphatha i-COP26 ngonyaka odlule e-Glasgow, "ukuvikela imayini entsha ye-carbon ngeke nje kube yisinyathelo esibuyela emuva esenzweni sezulu sase-UK, kodwa futhi kuzolimaza" "isithunzi sayo samazwe ngamazwe." ezuzwe kanzima. Abasebenzi bathi kusobala ukuthi uRishi Sunak "ungundunankulu wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi enkathini evuselelekayo", kunephephandaba elilandela imithetho efana neThe Telegraph esola uhulumeni "ngokwehlisa ukuthembeka kwezwe lakuleli ngaphandle kwesizathu esiphoqayo somnotho", futhi "kulimaze imizamo yokwenza iBrithani ibe isizinda somhlaba wonke se-cleantech, okuyiyona ndlela yokukhula kwangempela yaleli shumi leminyaka ukube bebezobamba leli thuba." Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibona kusengaphambili ukuthi "imayini izoba yimpahla evaleleke isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuphela komjikelezo wempilo yezohwebo ngo-2049."
"Ukuvikela imayini yamalahle e-UK manje kuyiphutha elibi kakhulu: ezomnotho, ezenhlalo, ezemvelo, ezezimali nezombangazwe," kusho uNicholas Stern, isazi sezomnotho saseBrithani nesifundiswa ngezemvelo kanye nelungu leHouse of Lords. , ebheka ukuthi "ngokomnotho kunjalo ukutshala imali kubuchwepheshe bekhulu leminyaka elidlule", ukuthi "ngokwenhlalo ifuna imisebenzi ezimbonini ezishabalalayo" futhi "kwezombangazwe ibukela phansi igunya le-United Kingdom odabeni lomhlaba wonke olubaluleke kakhulu lwesikhathi sethu". Abavumelana nalezi zimangalo futhi izishoshovu zeGreenpeace, ezikholelwa ukuthi i-UK isiphenduke “amandla amakhulu kubuzenzisi besimo sezulu”.
Kodwa abavikeli besinqumo bathi ngemva kokugqashuka kwempi e-Ukraine futhi kucatshangelwa ukuthi i-40% yamalahle adingekayo ukuze enze insimbi avela eRussia, kuyadingeka ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwamandla. Kodwa ngokusho kweThe Guardian, amalahle amaningi akhiqizwayo azothunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, abakhiqizi bensimbi abaningi baseBrithani bayawenqaba ngenxa yesibabule esiphezulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, baveza ukuthi imayini ekugcineni ingeyefemu yamazwe ngamazwe ezimele, enezikhulu izintshisekelo zazo zezimayini sezisabalele eRussia, e-Asia, e-Afrika nase-Australia. Ngakho-ke, iWest Cumbria Mining itholakala eSussex, eningizimu yeNgilandi, kodwa iphethwe yinkampani ezimele yokutshala izimali zezabelo, i-EMR Capital, ezinze endaweni yentela yaseCayman Islands. Lokhu kungaba inkinga, njengoba u-Daniel Therkelsen we-Coal Action Network echaza ukuthi kuzoba nzima ukuthi iziphathimandla zendawo zibambe inkampani yangasese ekude ukuze iphendule.
