Zitsime zamafuta zomwe zasiyidwa: Magwero opumira a carbon

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Zitsime zamafuta zomwe zasiyidwa: Magwero opumira a carbon

Zitsime zamafuta zomwe zasiyidwa: Magwero opumira a carbon

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Kutulutsa mpweya wa methane pachaka kuchokera ku zitsime zomwe zasiyidwa ku United States ndi Canada sikudziwika, zomwe zikuwonetsa kufunika kowunikira bwino.
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      Quantumrun Foresight
    • July 14, 2022

    Chidule cha chidziwitso

    Zitsime zamafuta zomwe zasiyidwa zimabweretsa chiwopsezo chachikulu cha chilengedwe, kutuluka kwa mpweya woyipa ndi mankhwala, kumakhudza thanzi la anthu, ndikuwonjezera ziwopsezo zamalamulo ndi zachuma kumakampani amafuta. Pofuna kuthana ndi izi, maboma akuganizira za malamulo atsopano oyendetsera bwino ndi kutseka, mothandizidwa ndi misonkho yamakampani, pofuna kukhala ndi bizinesi yodalirika yamafuta ndi gasi. Zomwe zikuchitikazi zitha kupangitsa kuti pakhale njira zokhazikika, magwero amagetsi osiyanasiyana, komanso kusintha kwamisika yazantchito ndi malo m'malo okhudzidwa.

    Chitsime cha mafuta osungunuka

    Mosapeŵeka, kuchuluka kwa mafuta ndi gasi amene kampani yamagetsi ingatulutse m’chitsime chamafuta kumachepa pakapita nthawi. Ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri amatha kutseka chitsime kwakanthawi kuti atseke ngati sichingapindule kugwira ntchito. Zotsatira zake, zitsime zimatha kusiyidwa "zopanda kanthu" kapena "zopanda ntchito" kwa miyezi kapena zaka zingapo panthawi yomwe zimatulutsa mpweya wowononga chilengedwe.

    Pafupifupi zitsime zamafuta ndi gasi zokwana 2 miliyoni ku United States zikuganiziridwa kuti zimatulutsa zinthu zovulaza m'malo ozungulira atanyalanyazidwa kapena kunyalanyazidwa ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Kwa zaka 86, zitsime zambiri za ana amasiye zimatulutsa mpweya woipa wa methane, womwe ndi mpweya wotenthetsa kutentha kuwirikiza ka XNUMX kuposa mphamvu ya carbon dioxide yotentha nyengo. Kuphatikiza apo, zitsime zina zikuchulukitsira mankhwala m’minda ndi m’madzi apansi, kuphatikizapo benzene, mankhwala otchedwa carcinogen.

    Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa kwambiri la Environmental Protection Agency ku United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, yomwe idatulutsidwa mu Epulo 2021, zitsime zamafuta ndi gasi zopitilira 3.2 miliyoni zomwe zidasiyidwa zidatulutsa ma kiloton 281 a methane mchaka cha 2018. Migolo ya 16 miliyoni yamafuta osakanizidwa.

    Maiko ambiri ku US amafuna kuti mabizinesi atumize ma bond kuti alipire kudzazidwa bwino. Komabe, ndalama za bond nthawi zambiri zimakhala zotsika kwambiri kuposa mtengo wapulagi. Kuyesera mu 2005 kupeza ndalama kuchokera kwa opanga malamulo aku US kuti apange pulogalamu yolumikizira bwino boma sizinaphule kanthu. Mayiko ambiri, makamaka Texas, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, ndi North Dakota, amalipira kuti atseke ntchito pogwiritsa ntchito chindapusa kapena misonkho yomwe imaperekedwa kumakampani amafuta ndi gasi. Komabe, ndalamazi ndizosakwanira kudzaza zitsime zonse zofunika.

    Zosokoneza

    Pofuna kuthana ndi vuto lalikulu la zachilengedwe ndi zachuma la zitsime za ana amasiye, makampani amafuta ndi gasi angafunikire kupereka ma depositi achitetezo asanabowole zitsime zatsopano. Muyesowu umatsimikizira kuyankha pazovuta zomwe zingawononge chilengedwe komanso udindo wachuma wokhudzana ndi zitsime zosiyidwa. Kuphatikiza apo, makampani angafunike kuwonetsa kufunikira kwa zitsime zatsopano, makamaka akakhala ndi zitsime zosagwira ntchito, motero amalimbikitsa kasamalidwe kazinthu koyenera.

    Zochita zamalamulo zitha kulamula makampani amafuta kuti atseke kapena kusindikiza zitsime za ana amasiye kwa nthawi yodziwika. Malamulo oterowo angachepetse kuopsa kwa chilengedwe, kuphatikiza kuipitsidwa ndi madzi apansi panthaka komanso kutulutsa mpweya wa methane, ndikupangitsa makampani kukhala ndi mlandu chifukwa cha zomwe zachitika. Kuphatikiza apo, opanga malamulo atha kulingalira zoletsa ntchito zoboola zatsopano mpaka zitsime za ana amasiye zomwe zidalipo zitayendetsedwa bwino. Njira imeneyi ingapangitse makampani kuti azichita zinthu zokhazikika komanso kupititsa patsogolo ntchito zoteteza chilengedwe.

    Kusinthika kwa msika wamafuta ndi gasi kumatha kukhudza tsogolo la zitsime zamasiyezi. Ngati mitengo yamafuta kapena gasi ikwera kwambiri, kutsegulanso ndikugwiritsa ntchito zitsimezi zitha kukhala zopindulitsa kumakampani. M'malo omwe makampani akudzipereka kwambiri kuti achepetse kutulutsa mpweya wa kaboni ndi kuipitsidwa, mgwirizano pakati pamakampani ndi eni eni ake ungayambike. Mgwirizanowu ukhoza kuyang'ana pa kutseka kapena kutseka zitsime zosiyidwa, kupanga phindu logwirizana kwa okhudzidwa ndikuthandizira kuti chilengedwe chikhale chokhazikika.

    Zotsatira za zitsime zamafuta zomwe zasiyidwa pa chilengedwe

    Zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi zikwizikwi za zitsime zamafuta amasiye zomwe zimakhudza chilengedwe zingaphatikizepo:

    • Matauni oyandikana nawo akukumana ndi mavuto azaumoyo komanso kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe chifukwa cha madzi akupha apansi otuluka m'zitsime za ana amasiye, zomwe zikuchititsa kuti anthu ambiri azidandaula za zaumoyo komanso kuyesetsa kukonza chilengedwe.
    • Makampani amafuta ndi gasi akuyang'anizana ndi milandu yomwe ingachitike chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa thanzi kapena katundu chifukwa cha kutulutsa mpweya kuchokera m'zitsime zomwe zasiyidwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mangawa azamalamulo ndi azachuma.
    • Maboma akupanga malamulo olamula kuti azigwira ntchito kapena kutseka zitsime zamafuta amasiye, zomwe zitha kulipidwa ndi misonkho yamakampani, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale bizinesi yokhazikika komanso yodalirika yamafuta ndi gasi.
    • Makampani amafuta amatsegulanso zitsime panthawi yamtengo wokwera wamafuta, kugwiritsa ntchito phindu kuthandizira kutseka kwa malowa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale njira yodzithandizira yoyendetsera zitsime za ana amasiye.
    • Kuwonjezeka kwa kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha njira zina zopangira mphamvu monga kuyankha kuzinthu zachilengedwe ndi zaumoyo zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi zitsime zamafuta, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale gawo lamagetsi osiyanasiyana.
    • Kupititsa patsogolo zokambirana za anthu komanso kulimbikitsana m'madera omwe akhudzidwa ndi zitsime za ana amasiye, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu aziyang'anira bwino komanso kukhala ndi udindo wamakampani pazamagetsi.
    • Kusintha kwa zofuna za msika wa ogwira ntchito, ndi ntchito zambiri zomwe zimapangidwira pakuwongolera bwino ndi kubwezeretsa chilengedwe, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mwayi watsopano wa ntchito ndi luso.
    • Kukhoza kukwera kwamitengo yogulitsa malo m'malo ochotsedwa zitsime za ana amasiye chifukwa cha kusintha kwa chilengedwe, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu am'deralo apindule ndi zachuma.
    • Kupititsa patsogolo mgwirizano wapadziko lonse kuti athetse vuto la padziko lonse la zitsime zamafuta amasiye, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale njira zamakono komanso njira zothandizira chilengedwe.

    Mafunso oyenera kuwaganizira

    • Kodi mukukhulupirira kuti makampani amafuta ndi gasi ayenera kukakamizidwa kutseka zitsime za ana amasiye kapena kupereka ndalama kuti atero?
    • Ndi njira zotani zomwe maboma angapange kuti aziyang'anira zitsime za ana amasiye zisanawononge kwambiri chilengedwe?