Ihlabathi beliya kuba lohlukile kakhulu ngaphandle kwentsimbi. Bekungekho ziloliwe, iibhulorho, iibhayisekile okanye iimoto. Bekungekho matshini wokuhlamba okanye iifriji.

Izixhobo zonyango eziphucukileyo kunye nezixhobo zoomatshini azinakukwazi ukwenziwa. Intsimbi ibalulekile kuqoqosho olujikelezayo, kodwa abanye abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo kunye nee-NGO bayaqhubeka nokuyibona njengengxaki, kungekhona isisombululo.

I-European Steel Association (EUROFER), emele phantse lonke ishishini lesinyithi eYurophu, izimisele ukutshintsha oku, kwaye icela inkxaso ye-EU yokubeka iiprojekthi ezinkulu ezingama-60 ezisebenzisa i-carbon ephantsi kulo lonke ilizwekazi ngo-2030.

“Masibuyele kwiziseko: intsimbi ngokwemvelo ijikeleza, ingasetyenziswa kwakhona nge-100%, ayinasiphelo. Yeyona nto iphinda isetyenziswe kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela apho iitoni ze-CO2 ezizizigidi ezingama-950 zigcinwa minyaka le. Kwi-EU sinezinga lokuphinda isetyenziswe eliqikelelwayo le-88%,” utshilo u-Axel Eggert, umlawuli jikelele we-EUROFER.

Iimveliso zentsimbi ezisemgangathweni ophezulu zihlala ziphuhliswa. “Kukho iintlobo zentsimbi ezingaphezu kwama-3,500, kwaye ngaphezulu kwama-75 ekhulwini - ezikhaphukhaphu, ezisebenza ngcono neziluhlaza ngakumbi - ziye zaphuhliswa kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba ukuba i-Eiffel Tower ibinokwakhiwa namhlanje, besiya kufuna kuphela isibini kwisithathu sentsimbi eyayisetyenziswa ngelo xesha,” utshilo uEggert.

Ezi projekthi zicetywayo ziza kunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-80 ezigidi kwiminyaka esibhozo ezayo. Oku kulingana nesinye kwisithathu sokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni namhlanje kwaye kuncitshiswe ngama-55 ekhulwini xa kuthelekiswa namanqanaba onyaka ka-1990. Ukungathathi cala kwekhabhoni kucwangcisiwe ngo-2050.