IINDABA EZINTSHA - Umoya unokubonelela ngeempendulo ekunciphiseni uthuli lwamalahle olukhutshelwe emoyeni kuluntu oluseMzantsi-mpuma.

Ngelixa umoya ngamanye amaxesha uthwala uthuli oluvela kwiitheminali zamalahle zamanzi zaseNewport News ngaphezulu kwe-Interstate 664 ukuya kuluntu olukumazantsi-mpuma, isixeko kunye neDominion Terminal Associates zikwinqanaba lokuqala lokujonga ukuba ukwakha ucingo lomoya kwipropati kuya kuba sisisombululo esisebenzayo.

I-Daily Press igxininise umbandela wothuli lwamalahle kwinqaku le-17 kaJulayi, ukujonga ngokubanzi ingxaki kunye nezisombululo zayo.Uthuli olukhutshwe yi-terminal yamalahle lungaphantsi kakhulu kwemigangatho yomgangatho womoya wombuso, ngokutsho kovavanyo lomoya, kodwa nangona iziphumo zovavanyo zintle, abahlali baseSoutheast Community basakhalaza malunga nothuli oluyinkathazo kwaye bavakalisa inkxalabo malunga nayo ebangela iingxaki zempilo.

U-Wesley Simon-Parsons, umphathi woluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo kwi-Dominion Terminal Associates, uthe ngolwe-Sihlanu ukuba inkampani yajonga iingcingo zomoya kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, kodwa ngoku izimisele ukuzivavanya kwakhona ukuze ibone ukuba itekhnoloji iphucukile.

“Siza kuphinda siyijonge okwesibini,” utshilo uSimon-Parsons.

Ezo yayiziindaba ezimnandi kuSodolophu weNewport uMcKinley Price, obesoloko efuna ukuncitshiswa kothuli lwamalahle oluphuma kwiimfumba zamalahle.

UXabiso uthe ukuba kunokuqinisekiswa ukuba ucingo olunomoya luya kunciphisa kakhulu uthuli, isixeko "ngokuqinisekileyo" siya kucinga ngokuncedisa ukuhlawulela ucingo.Uqikelelo olurhabaxa kakhulu kuthango lomoya lunokuba malunga nezigidi ezi-3 zeerandi ukuya kwizigidi ezisi-8 zeerandi, ngokutsho kukamongameli wenkampani eyakha amacingo omoya amalaphu.

"Isixeko kunye noluntu luyakuxabisa nantoni na kunye nayo yonke into enokwenziwa ukunciphisa inani leenxalenye emoyeni," utshilo u-Price.

Usodolophu ukwathe ukholelwa ukuba ukucutha uthuli kungaphucula amathuba ophuhliso kuluntu lwaseMazantsi-mpuma.

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USimon-Parsons uthe xa inkampani ijonge kwiingcingo zomoya kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ucingo bekuya kufuneka ukuba luphakame kangangeemitha ezingama-200 kwaye "lujikeleze yonke indawo," nto leyo yayinokwenza ukuba ibize kakhulu.

Kodwa uMike Robinson, umongameli weWeatherSolve yaseBritish Columbia, inkampani esekwe eCanada, uthe itekhnoloji iphuculwe kwiminyaka yakutshanje, njengoko inokuqonda iipateni zomoya.

URobinson uthe oko kukhokelele ekubeni kungafuneki kangako ukwakha iingcingo zomoya eziphakamileyo, njengoko iingcingo ngoku zingekho phezulu, kodwa zisafezekisa ukuncipha okufanayo eluthulini.

I-WeatherSolve iyila amalaphu ocingo omoya kwiziza zehlabathi jikelele.

“Ubude bulawuleke ngakumbi,” utshilo uRobinson, echaza ukuba ngoku ngokwesiqhelo inkampani iza kwakha ucingo oluphezulu kunye nolunye ucingo olunomoya.

USimon-Parsons uthe iimfumba zamalahle zinokufikelela kwiimitha ezingama-80 ukuphakama, kodwa ezinye ziphantsi njengeenyawo ezili-10.Uthe iimfumba ezinde zihlala zifikelela kwiinyawo ezingama-80 kanye rhoqo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, kwaye emva koko zinciphise ukuphakama njengoko amalahle ethunyelwa ngaphandle.

URobinson uthe ucingo akufunekanga lwakhiwe kweyona mfumba inde, kwaye nokuba bekunjalo, ukuphuculwa kobuchwephesha kuya kuthetha ukuba ucingo ngoku luya kwakhiwa kwiinyawo ezingama-120, kuneenyawo ezingama-200.Kodwa uRobinson uthe inokuba sengqiqweni ukwakha ucingo lobude benqwaba yeemfumba kunokuba ingqumba inde, mhlawumbi kuluhlu oluphezulu lwe-70- ukuya kwi-80-foot, kwaye usebenzise ezinye iindlela zokulawula uthuli ngamaxesha aphakathi iimfumba ziphezulu.

Ukuba isixeko kunye nenkampani ziqhubela phambili, uRobinson uthe, baya kwenza imodeli yekhompyutheni ukujonga indlela engcono yokuyila ucingo.

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UXabiso uthe uhlala ezibuza ukuba kutheni kwindawo yamalahle eNorfolk, amalahle afakwe ngqo kwiinqanawa kunye nezikhephe eLambert's Point, kunokuba agcinwe kwiimfumba zamalahle njengoko kunjalo eNewport News.

URobin Chapman, isithethi seNorfolk Southern, engumnini wetheminali yamalahle kunye noololiwe abazisa amalahle eNorfolk, uthe bangabanini beekhilomitha ezingama-225 kumkhondo kwiihektare ezingama-400, kwaye uninzi, ukuba alukho zonke, zomzila wawukhona ekuqaleni. 1960s.Ukwakha imayile enye yengoma namhlanje kuya kuxabisa malunga nesigidi seedola, utshilo uChapman.

I-Norfolk Southern kunye neDominion Terminal ukuthumela ngaphandle isixa esifanayo samalahle.

Ngeli xesha, uSimon-Parsons uthe kukho malunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 zomkhondo kwiDominion Terminal, inkulu kwezi nkampani zimbini kwisikhululo samalahle seNewport News.UKinder Morgan naye usebenza kwiNewport News.

Ukwakha imizila kaloliwe ukuxelisa inkqubo yaseNorfolk Southern kuya kuxabisa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-200 zeerandi, kwaye oko akuyi kuthathela ingqalelo impahla kaKinder Morgan.Kwaye uChapman uthe amanye amacandelo amaninzi ukongeza kwingoma entsha kuya kufuneka ukuba yakhiwe ukuze ihambelane nenkqubo yaseNorfolk Southern.Ke iindleko zokuphelisa iimfumba zamalahle kwaye kusetyenzwe i-terminal yamalahle iya kuba ngaphezulu kwe-200 yezigidi zeedola.

"Ukufaka imali enkulu yotyalo-mali kuya kuba yinto yeenkwenkwezi kubo," utshilo uChapman.

UChapman uthe abakhange babenazikhalazo malunga nothuli lwamalahle kangangeminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu.Iimoto zikaloliwe zitshizwa ngemichiza xa zishiya imigodi yamalahle, zinciphisa nothuli endleleni.

USimon-Parsons uthe ukholelwa ukuba ezinye zeemoto zitshizwe ngemichiza, kodwa ayizizo zonke, njengoko zisuka eKentucky naseWest Virginia ukuya eNewport News.

Abanye abahlali baseNewport News baye bakhalaza ngothuli oluvuthuzayo kwiimoto zikaloliwe njengoko zinqumama kumzila wendlela eya eNewport News waterfront.