Ngokombono kaGreg Abbott, umbusi waseTexas, imboni yobuhlakani bokwenziwa izivunela imiphumela yezenzo zayo.
U-Abbott uthe ohlelweni lwe-ABC oluthi This Week ngeSonto ngesikhathi sendawo e-United States ukuthi ukugxekwa okubukhali kwabantu baseMelika kwezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa kuyafaneleka.
“Ngokuyisisekelo bazimba umgodi abazowela kuwo ngenxa yezinkinga abazidalile, yingakho bebhekene nokuphikiswa okubafanele,” kusho u-Abbott.
Izinkampani zobuchwepheshe zithembele ezikhungweni zedatha ukuze zinikeze imikhiqizo yazo yobuhlakani bokwenziwa amandla okubala, kodwa imikhankaso yazo yokukhangisa lezi zikhungo ayiphumelelanga. Kuzo zonke izindawo e-United States, abantu baseMelika bayahlangana ukuphikisa izikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa. Lezi zakhiwo zibiza izigidigidi zama-dollar ukwakhiwa futhi zithatha amakhulu ama-acre. Abaningi bakhathazekile ngokuthi lezi zakhiwo ezinkulu zizowuthinta kanjani um环境, amanani ezinsiza zomphakathi, imithombo yamanzi namazinga omsindo, kanti abanye bamane bangabuthandi ubuhlakani bokwenziwa.
Abagxeki bagcwalisa imihlangano yokuhlela yendawo, baqalise izicelo zokusayinwa, babambe imibhikisho, baze bathathe nezinyathelo zomthetho ukuvimba ukwakhiwa. Ucwaningo olwenziwe yiPew Research Center neGallup kulo nyaka lubonisa ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yabantu baseMelika ayifuni ukuhlala eduze kwezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa.
“Amaphesenti angu-70 abantu baseMelika aphikisana nokwakhiwa kwezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa ezindaweni ahlala kuzo, kanti cishe ingxenye yabo, okungamaphesenti angu-48, iphikisana ngokuqinile,” kusho ucwaningo lweGallup.
Lokhu kuyinselele enzima kosopolitiki abagcina imithetho njengaye u-Abbott. Ngaphambi kokhetho lwaphakathi nesikhathi, kufanele alinganise intando yabavoti nentando kaMongameli uDonald Trump. Uhulumeni kaTrump ubheja kakhulu ngobuhlakani bokwenziwa, okuhlanganisa ukusheshisa ukugunyazwa kwezimvume zikahulumeni futhi usekela iphrojekthi ye-“Stargate” ebiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5,000, eholwa yi-OpenAI ne-Oracle (Qaphela: ngenani lamanje lokushintshisana, cishe lilingana nama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-337). Lolu wuhlelo olukhulu lokwakha izikhungo zedatha ezinkulu kakhulu kulo lonke elase-United States.
Ekuqaleni, ngenxa yezinzuzo zomnotho, u-Abbott wayengumsekeli oqinile wamaphrojekthi ezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa eTexas. Lezi zindawo ezinkulu zamaseva zingadala amathuba emisebenzi ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa futhi zilethe izinzuzo zentela emiphakathini yendawo. Nokho, abantu baseTexas kusukela e-Abilene kuya e-Sulphur Springs bathatha isimo esiqinile kulokhu, baphoqa u-Abbott ukuba aguqule isimo sakhe.
U-Abbott usefake izindinganiso ezintsha zamaphrojekthi ezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa eTexas, okuhlanganisa ukuyalela i-Public Utility Commission yesifundazwe kanye nabasebenzisi begridi kagesi ukuthi bavikele izakhamuzi ezindlekweni zengqalasizinda. Uphinde waphakamisa ukuvinjelwa kokuthuthukiswa kwezikhungo zedatha ezindaweni zasemaphandleni zaseTexas, futhi wafuna ukuthi amaphrojekthi ahlolwe ngaphambi kokuba aqhubeke.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, u-Abbott wathi uhulumeni wakhe umise cishe amaphrojekthi angu-1800 ezikhungo zedatha zobuhlakani bokwenziwa kuleso sifundazwe.
Engxoxweni ne-ABC, u-Abbott wabelane ngemibono eminingana mayelana nokuthi kungani izikhungo zedatha zibhekene nokuphikiswa okungaka. Esinye sezizathu ukuthi zakhiwa futhi ziqale ukusebenza ngokushesha kakhulu. Esinye ukuthi abakhi bezikhungo zedatha abazange bathole ukwesekwa kwezakhamuzi zendawo ngaphambi kokuqhubekisela phambili amaphrojekthi. “Ukuthola ukwesekwa kwabantu bomphakathi wendawo kubaluleke kakhulu,” kusho u-Abbott.