I-BMW, iVolvo, iGoogle kunye ne-Samsung SDI ziinkampani zokuqala ukutyikitya umyalelo wokunqunyanyiswa kweNgxowa-mali yeHlabathi yeZilwanyana zasendle (WWF) kumbiwa onzulu wolwandle.
Ngokwalo mbutho ungekho phantsi kukarhulumente (NGO), ezi nkampani zithembisa ukuba azizukukhupha naziphi na izimbiwa ezantsi kolwandle, ukukhuphela ngaphandle ezo zimbiwa kwikhonkco lonikezelo lwazo kwaye zingaxhasi nayiphi na imisebenzi yokomba enzulu yolwandle.
Khumbula ukuba kukho indawo kuLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, kubunzulu phakathi kweekhilomitha ezi-4 kunye neekhilomitha ezi-6-kwindawo enkulu enabela iikhilomitha ezininzi phakathi kweHawaii neMexico-apho kufumaneka khona ukuxinana okukhulu kwamaqhuqhuva epolymetallic.
Amaqhuqhuva epolymetal, yintoni na?
La maqhuqhuva (akhangeleka njengamatye amancinci…), ubukhulu bawo buhluka phakathi kwe-1 cm kunye ne-10 cm, ziidiphozithi ze-ferromanganese oxides kunye nezinye iintsimbi, ezifana nezo zifunekayo ukuveliswa kweebhetri.
Zikhona kuzo zonke iilwandlekazi nakwamanye amachibi, zigqame ngokuba kumgangatho wolwandle, ngenxa yoko azifuni naluphi na uhlobo lokomba.
Lo ngumbandela ebesikhe sawuxubusha ngaphambili, xa i-DeepGreen Metals, inkampani yaseKhanada yokomba imigodi enzulu kulwandle, yacebisa umgodi onzulu wolwandle njengenye indlela yokwembiwa elunxwemeni.
Ukuthathela ingqalelo ukunqongophala kwezinto eziluhlaza ukwenza zonke iibhetri ezifunekayo ukuphendula uxinzelelo olwandayo lokubeka izithuthi zombane kwiimarike, ukumba le mibhobho ye-polymetallic ukusuka ezantsi kolwandle kuphuma njengesisombululo.
Yintoni embi?
Nangona kunjalo, akukho nto ingako eyaziwayo malunga ne-ecosystem kunye neentlobo zeentlobo ezihlala kwindawo yokuqokelela emazantsi olwandle, ngoko ke impembelelo yokwenyani yesi senzo kuloo nkqubo yendalo ingaziwa. Kwaye esi sesona sizathu sixhasa ukumiswa ngoku "okunyuswe" yi-WWF.
"Ngobuninzi benkqubo yendalo enzulu yolwandle ekusafuneka iphononongwe kwaye iqondwe, umsebenzi onje uya kuba nombono omfutshane ngokungakhathali," yatsho i-NGO, ecatshulwe yi-Automotive News.
Ngale ndlela, ukumiswa kufuna ukuvalwa kwemisebenzi yemigodi enzulu elwandle de imingcipheko iqondwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye zonke ezinye iindlela ziphelile.
BMW, Volvo, Google kunye neSamsung SDI kumanyano
Ngokutsho kwe-Automotive News, i-BMW sele ikwazisile ukuba izinto ezisetyenziswayo ezivela kwimigodi ye-offshore "ayiyiyo inketho" okwangoku ngenxa yokuba akukho nto yaneleyo yokufunyaniswa kwesayensi yokuvavanya umngcipheko wokusingqongileyo.
Isamsung SDI ikwathe yaba ngumenzi webhetri wokuqala ukuthatha inxaxheba kwinyathelo leWWF. Ngokulandelayo, iVolvo kunye noGoogle abakaphawuli malunga noku "ndawo".
Kodwa ngaphandle kwesi sicelo sokunqunyanyiswa ngoku sele sityikityiwe, iinkampani zemigodi ye-subsea fund ziyaqhubeka nomsebenzi wokulungiselela kwaye zizama ukufumana iilayisensi kule misebenzi.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, phakathi kweenkampani ezineelayisenisi zokuhlola iindawo ezinzulu zolwandle i-DeepGreen - sele ikhankanywe ngasentla -, i-GSR kunye ne-UK Seabed Resources.
I-DeepGreen yenye yabona bathetheleli bakhulu besi sisombululo, ithi izinze ngakumbi kunemigodi yaselwandle, njengoko idala inkunkuma encinci kwaye ngenxa yokuba amaqhuqhuva anoxinzelelo lwesinyithi oluphezulu kakhulu kunelo lifumaneka kwiidiphozithi eziselunxwemeni.
I-GSR, ngomlawuli wayo olawulayo, u-Kris van Nijen, sele isazisile ukuba “iya kwenza isicelo sekontraka yezemigodi kuphela ukuba inzululwazi ibonisa ukuba, ngokwembono yendalo esingqongileyo nentlalontle, izimbiwa ezisuka kulwandle olunzulu zineengenelo kunezinye. — kuxhomekeke kuphela kwizigcayiseli ezitsha nezikhoyo.”
INorway ifuna ukuba nguvulindlela
INorway, eyathi ngo-2020 yaba lilizwe lokuqala emhlabeni apho iimoto zombane zimele ngaphezulu kwe-50% yeemoto ezintsha ezithengisiweyo, ifuna ukuba nguvulindlela kwimigodi ye-offshore kwaye inokukhupha iilayisensi kwango-2023.
Ethetha ne-Automotive News, uTony Christian Tiller, unobhala welizwe kwisebe le-oyile kunye nezamandla eNorway, akavumanga ukuthetha malunga noku kumiswa, kodwa waqinisekisa ukuba urhulumente welo lizwe elikumantla Yurophu sele "eqalisile inkqubo yokuvula ulwandle oluphezulu lwemigodi, apho iimeko zokusingqongileyo zingummandla ophambili kuvavanyo lwempembelelo”.
Umthombo: Iindaba zeemoto.