Ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwePetroleum Energy Reserve kuzowathinta kanjani amanani kaphethiloli wase-US
Okuqukethwe
Intengo kaphethiloli isalokhu iphezulu uma iqhathaniswa nezinyanga ezedlule, kanti uMongameli Jod Biden ulandela isu lokusiza abashayeli. IBiden izokwaba imiphongolo kawoyela eyizigidi eziyi-1 endaweni yokugcinwa kwamasu ngethemba lokunciphisa kancane izindleko zikaphethiloli.
UMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden uthe uzokhipha imiphongolo kawoyela eyisigidi ngosuku e-US Strategic Petroleum Reserve ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Ukukhumbula okungakaze kubonwe kunganciphisa amanani kaphethiloli ngamasenti ayi-1 kuye kwangama-10 ilitha emasontweni ezayo, ngokusho kwe-White House.
Intengo kaphethiloli isalokhu iphezulu futhi ingase inyuke
Ngemva kwerekhodi eliphezulu ekuqaleni kukaMashi, amanani entengo kagesi ayaqhubeka nokwehla. Isilinganiso sentengo yegalaji likaphethiloli ngoLwesihlanu sasilinganiselwa ku-$4.22 ilitha, ngokusho kwedatha ye-AAA, sehle ngamasenti angu-2 kusukela ngesonto eledlule. Kepha nalokho kungaphezulu kwesilinganiso esingu- $3.62 ngenyanga nje edlule. YU.
Iyini i-Strategic Oil Reserve?
Ilawulwa uMnyango Wezamandla futhi iyindawo yokugcina uwoyela kazwelonke yezimo eziphuthumayo. Lesi siqiwu sakhiwa nguMongameli uGerald Ford ngemuva kwenhlekelele kawoyela yango-1973, lapho amazwe e-OPEC ebekela i-US isivimbelo ngenxa yokweseka kwawo i-Israel.
Lapho ifinyelela umvuthwandaba ngo-2009, izindawo zokugcina zikawoyela zabamba imiphongolo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-720 emihumeni emine emikhulu engaphansi komhlaba eTexas naseLouisiana ngaseGulf of Mexico.
UBiden wakhipha imiphongolo eyizigidi ezingama-50 ngoNovemba 2021, kwathi ekuqaleni kukaMashi, i-United States namanye amalungu e-International Energy Agency bakhipha imiphongolo kawoyela eyizigidi ezingama-60 ezindaweni zabo.
IBiden izokhipha imiphongolo kawoyela eyizigidi eziyi-180
NgoLwesine, uBiden umemezele ukuthi i-United States izokhipha eminye imiphongolo eyizigidi eziyi-180 ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo ukwenza amanani aphezulu kanye nokuhlinzekwa okulinganiselwe. Lokhu kuzonciphisa i-inventory ibe ngaphansi kwemiphongolo eyizigidi ezingu-390, izinga eliphansi kakhulu eminyakeni engamashumi amane.
Kodwa ochwepheshe bathi ngeke inyakaze kakhulu inaliti: UMike Sommers, umqondisi omkhulu wenhlangano yezohwebo embonini, i-American Petroleum Institute, uthe ukukhumbula "kude nesixazululo sesikhathi eside."
"Lokhu kuzokwehlisa kancane intengo kawoyela futhi kukhuphule isidingo," uScott Sheffield, isikhulu esiphezulu senkampani kawoyela yaseTexas iPioneer Natural Resources, etshela iNew York Times. "Kodwa kuseyi-band-aid eshoda kakhulu."
Yini enye uhulumeni ayenzayo ukwehlisa amanani kaphethiloli?
I-White House iphinde ifake ingcindezi ezinkampanini zikawoyela zaseMelika ukuthi zengeze ukumba nokukhiqiza. Esitatimendeni sangoLwesine, abaphathi bagxekile ukukhathazeka kwamandla "ngokusebenzisana" namahektha angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-12 omhlaba wobumbano kanye nezimvume zokukhiqiza ezigunyaziwe eziyi-9,000. UBiden uthe angathanda ukuthi izinkampani zihlawuliswe uma zishiya imithombo eqashisiwe emhlabeni womphakathi ingasetshenzisiwe.
Kukhona futhi inketho yokuthola imikhiqizo yamandla kweminye imithombo. Izwe laseMelika lisebenzela ukuthuthukisa ubudlelwano neVenezuela, ebivinjelwe ukudayisela i-US uwoyela kusukela ngo-2018, futhi ixoxisana ne-Iran ngesivumelwano esisha sokungabhebhetheki kwezikhali zenuzi esizobuyisela uwoyela wase-Iran emakethe.
Ngokwehlukana, izinyathelo ezifanayo zicatshangelwa yi-Connecticut, i-United States kanye nezinye izifundazwe okungenani ezingama-20. Umthethosivivinywa kuCongress uzosusa intela kaphethiloli yenhlangano, nakuba ibhekene nokuncintisana okunzima.
Ingabe igesi izonyuka futhi?
Abahlaziyi bathi abashayeli kufanele balindele okunye ukuhlinzwa njengoba izinkampani zishintshela ekuxubeni kukaphethiloli ehlobo. Phakathi nezinyanga ezifudumele zezulu, ifomula kaphethiloli iyashintsha ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuhwamuka ngokweqile. Lezi zingxube zasehlobo zibiza kakhulu ukuzicubungula nokusabalalisa, futhi zingabiza amasenti angama-25 kuye kwangama-75 ngaphezu kwezingxube zasebusika.
I-EPA idinga ukuthi iziteshi zithengise uphethiloli wasehlobo ongu-100% ngoSepthemba 15. Lokhu, kanye nempi yase-Ukraine, abantu abaningi ababuyela ehhovisi, nezinye izici zamanje zizothinta yonke into kusukela ezindlekweni zokuthutha ukuya kumanani e-Uber.
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