Kungase kube intengo kawoyela, ngaphezu kwezindleko emvelweni, okwenza izinkampani zezindiza zinciphise ukungcola. Kodwa ukwanda kwesidingo sokuhamba ngendiza kudlula imizamo yabo engcono kakhulu.
I-Skyservice Airlines i-Boeing 757 evame ukuvela phakathi kwe-Pearson Airport kanye ne-Caribbean ingase ibe neminyaka engu-17 ubudala futhi ibe nzima kancane eduze kwama-rivets, kodwa iyindiza yohlobo lwephosta yokuthi imboni yezindiza izama kanjani ukuhlanza isenzo sayo.
Ngekwindla edlule indiza yamiswa amasonto amabili ukuthola i-tip lift ye- $ 1-million enikeze amaphiko ayo amadala akhathele ukugoba phezulu. Kodwa lesi sinyathelo sasingaphezu kakhulu kwezimonyo zeminyaka ephakathi.
“Ama-winglets ahlanganisiwe” ayo amasha aphumelele kakhulu ekunciphiseni ukudonsa, i-757 isishise amalitha angu-360,000 we-jet fuel njengoba ibuyele emoyeni ngo-Okthoba 31 odlule. ukuncishiswa kokukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide, kusho umongameli we-Skyservice uRob Giguere.
Futhi ukonga ku-Skyservice? Cishe ama-dollar angu-50,000 757 ngenyanga esikweletini sawo sikaphethiloli wendiza, yingakho inkampani yezindiza manje isihlela ukwengeza ama-winglets kuma-20 angu-XNUMX asele emkhunjini wayo wezindiza ezingu-XNUMX.
“Sizama ukutshela abagibeli ukuthi amaphiko amayelana nani, kodwa kunzima ukuwachaza,” kusho uGiguere. “Into eyodwa abazoyisho abagibeli wukuthi babukeka becocekile. Ukuthi bayingxenye ekhangayo endizeni.
“Kodwa zinkulu. Ake sithi uma ungapaka imoto yakho impilo yakho yonke, ngeke wonge kangako.”
Esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule, i-Skyservice yengeze uhlelo lwesimanje lokuhlela indiza olusiza abashayeli bezindiza ukuhlela imizila yabo endleleni yokumelana nomoya omncane, okuphinde kwanqamula ukushiswa kukaphethiloli. Izindiza zakhona zigezwa cishe zinyanga zonke nengxenye, ezinganciphisa amakhilogremu angu-90 kuya kwangu-136 futhi zonge amalitha angu-45 kaphethiloli ohambweni lwamahora ayisithupha oluya eDublin, kusho uGiguere. Ngokusemandleni, izindiza ze-Skyservice zingena futhi ziphuma emigwaqweni yezindiza ngenjini eyodwa, kunezimbili.
Futhi, njengasezinkampanini zezindiza ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, konke kuyacatshangelwa - kusukela ekungezeni izihlalo ezinesisindo esilula namagalaji kuya ekuthengeni izindiza ezintsha, ezonga uphethiloli. Yonke into ekhethwayo ebhalisa esikalini ibisezintini zokunquma zezinkampani zezindiza, kusukela kumamagazini asebhodini nasemanzini, kuya ezikhwelweni ezisetshenziswa omakhenikha.
Amasistimu okulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza ashintshiwe ukuze kuzanywe ukunqamula ukulinda okumoshayo phansi nokuzungeza emoyeni.
I-Skyservice, ehambisa abagibeli be-Sunquest, Signature and Conquest baye e-Caribbean naseYurophu, bebelokhu bexoxa nalabo ozakwethu mayelana nezinhlelo ze-carbon-offset zokunciphisa amagesi abamba ukushisa, njengaleyo i-Air Canada eyethulwe nge-Zerofootprint engenzi nzuzo ngoMeyi odlule. Kodwa uGiguere – njengabagibeli abaningi – akadayiswa.
“Amakhredithi ekhabhoni ayindlela yokwenza uzizwe ungcono. Empeleni uthi, `Sizofaka imali kokuthile, njengokutshala izihlahla, lokho kwenza omunye womonakalo esiwenzayo.' Kodwa kungcono ukuthi wenze umonakalo omncane.”
Yonke imizamo yezinkampani zezindiza, ngeshwa, imane iyithonsi ebhakedeni.
Ngokusho kwabanye izazi zezemvelo, baqhutshwa kakhulu wukuhlaza kokwenza imali kunokusindisa iplanethi, futhi kungenxa yokuthi uwoyela - ohlanganisa ingxenye yesithathu yezindleko zezinkampani zezindiza - ukhuphuke kakhulu wadlula u-$100 umphongolo.
"Ezokuthutha zifike sekwephuzile kakhulu engxoxweni yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu," kusho isishoshovu sezemvelo esizinze eLondon u-Tim Johnson, umqondisi we-Aviation Environment Federation, elinye lamaqembu amaningi azinze e-UK afuna ukunqamula ukungcola kanye nemigomo eqinile yokunciphisa.
Uyavuma ukuthi ukuhamba ngendiza sekuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu ezimpilweni zabantu manje - noma ukuya emisebenzini, ezindlini zesibili noma ezihlotsheni ezikude - ukukhula kungase kungenzeki ukukumisa. Okubalulekile, uthi, kungase kube ukuphoqa izindiza ukuthi zithenge amakhredithi ekhabhoni kweminye imikhakha efinyelela ukuncipha okukhulu, okubavumela ukuthi, empeleni, bazuze ekuziphatheni okuhle kwabanye.
Umeluleki wezamabhizinisi ozinze eWhitby uBob Willard wenza okusemandleni akhe yedwa.
“Ngike ngahambela izinkambo ezintathu zokukhuluma e-Australia eminyakeni embalwa edlule futhi ngemva kohambo lokugcina, nganquma ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngiye. Ngizozenza ngenkomfa yevidiyo. Amahora angamashumi amabili nesikhombisa endizeni mabi ngokwenele, kodwa kuwuphawu lwekhabhoni olumangalisayo. Ngizama ukunciphisa.”
Izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni - ezathwala abagibeli abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.2 ngonyaka odlule - zithi zenza u-2% kuphela wekhabhoni ekhishwa abantu. Kodwa izazi zemvelo zithi umthelela mkhulu kakhulu ngoba i-carbon dioxide, kanye nama-nitrogen oxides, ama-sulphur oxides nomhwamuko wamanzi ashisayo, kukhishwa ezindaweni eziphakeme lapho kulimaza kakhulu khona.
Imboni yezokundiza isichithe amashumi eminyaka idala izindiza ezilula nezinjini ezisebenza kahle, kodwa umbono womphakathi usamile wokuthi akenzanga lutho, kusho uDavid Longridge, umqondisi wezentengiso wenkampani yezindiza i-Boeing ezinze Seattle.
"Ungibonisa enye imboni eyehlise umsindo wayo ngamaphesenti angama-90 kanye ne-carbon footprint yayo ngamaphesenti angama-70," phakathi neminyaka engu-40 edlule, kusho uLongridge. “Siyavuma ukuthi kukhona umthelela owenziwa yizindiza futhi asikho lapha ukuzothi, `Yehheni, singamaphesenti amabili nje kuphela. Yeka ukusiphazamisi.' Asisoze sayeka ukuzama ukuthola izindlela zokwenza izindiza zishise uphethiloli omncane – ngeke – ngoba akukho okubaluleke ukwedlula lokho.”
Kubhekwe amathemba enqubekelaphambili efana ne-Boeing ikakhulukazi i-carbon-fibre 787 Dreamliner kanye nezinjini ezintsha ze-General Electric ezizoqala ukusebenza ngonyaka ozayo futhi zehlise ukungcola ngamaphesenti angama-20. Izinkampani zezindiza ezifana ne-Virgin Atlantic zihlola ama-biofuels, okuyimpikiswano ngezizathu zokuphepha nangenxa yenani lamandla namanzi adingekayo ukuze zidalwe.
Nakuba izinkampani zezindiza ezifana ne-Air Canada, i-WestJet kanye ne-Skyservice ziqhubeka nokuthandazela ukusindiswa kwemvelo konjiniyela bezindiza, abakhiqizi bezinjini kanye namabhokisi abo eziphakamiso zabasebenzi, okubalulekile ukuthi ukukhula kwesidingo sokuhamba ngendiza kulindeleke ukuthi kudlule kude lezo zinzuzo.
I-Airports Council International ibikezela ukuthi ukuhamba ngendiza kuzophindeka kabili futhi leyo mpahla izophindeka kathathu ngo-2025, nokukhula okusheshayo okuvela e-Asia.
Ekugcineni, kuphinde kube neqiniso elilodwa eliphazamisa kakhulu: Abagibeli abaningi bakhathalela kakhulu imali yokugibela eshibhile kunezinyathelo ze-carbon footprints futhi bakhathele inhlawulo kaphethiloli engu-$100, izintela zezindiza nezokuphepha. Bambalwa, ngaphandle kwabanye abahambi bebhizinisi, ababonakala bezimisele ukukhokhela ilungelo lokungcolisa i-stratosphere.
I-Air Canada ne-WestJet basebenzise izigidigidi bethuthukisa izindiza zabo ukuze zikwazi ukonga uphethiloli, futhi i-Air Canada ithi kuwebhusayithi yayo abagibeli bayo “bebe negalelo elibonakalayo ekulweni nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu” ngokunikela ngezihlahla eziyi-1,460 ohlelweni lokubuyisela amahlathi e-BC. . Kodwa ingabe ama-dollar angu-116,838 32 e-carbon offset “anenjongo” ngempela lapho inkampani yezindiza, nenkampani yayo i-Jazz, ithwala inani elilingana nenani labantu baseCanada, abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-2,386 ngonyaka? Futhi kuzothatha iminyaka emingaki kuze kube yilapho lezo zihlahla zizohlanganisa nokukhipha izimoto ezingu-XNUMX unyaka wonke, njengoba kusho iwebhusayithi?
“Ukunciphisa akulona ikhambi,” kusho umgibeli uWillard, izinkulumo zakhe kubaholi bamabhizinisi zigxile ekunakekeleni imvelo. “Bengilokhu ngivala ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yami iminyaka, kodwa cishe eminyakeni emibili noma emithathu edlule ngavuka ngathi, `Nkulunkulu, lokhu kufana nokukhanyisa ikhandlela ebandleni. Zilungele unembeza, kodwa aziwulungele ngempela umoya.”
Kunalokho, uWillard uye wafunda ukuhamba inkulumo. Ulandela umkhondo wakhe wekhabhoni. Ngo-2006, uthi ukuhamba ngendiza kwaba ngamaphesenti angama-64. Unethemba lokuthi izokwehla ifike kumaphesenti angama-22 kulo nyaka.
“Ngivele ngiqine uma ngithi, `Cha.' Ngaba nesicelo sokuya kuWhistler ngiyokwenza inkulumo yehora elilodwa, kodwa ngathi, `Lona ngamantongomane. Ngizokwenza nge-video conference noma ngeke ngikwenze.' Basazama ukuthola ihhotela elinekhono le-videoconference.”
Kunesisusa sezimali sokuyithola. Manje uWillard usekhokhisa imali ephindwe kane uma kufanele andize.
Lowo owayeyisikhulu se-IBM uyavuma ukuthi unenhlanhla - izingane zakhe nabazukulu bahlala eduze - nokuthi azikho ezinye izindlela ongakhetha kuzo uma udinga ukuya endaweni ethile ngokushesha noma kude.
Usanda kubona iGrand Canyon okokuqala futhi uyazi ukuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-Google Earth ithola kahle kangakanani, ayikwazi ukuqhathaniswa.
“Ukube bengiphethe inkampani yezindiza, angazi ukuthi bengizokwenzenjani. Ngiyishayela ihlombe yonke imizamo yabo. Ukuthi nje isithombe esikhulu sinzima kakhulu ukusilungisa.”
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