Kukho isiko elide lokubona ikamva lezixeko ngendlela ye-utopian okanye ye-dystopian kwaye akunzima ukuqamba imifanekiso kuzo zombini ezi zixeko kwiminyaka engama-25, ubhala u-Eric Woods.
Ngexesha apho ukuxela kwangaphambili oko kuza kwenzeka kwinyanga ezayo kunzima, ukucinga ngeminyaka engama-25 ezayo kuyoyikisa kwaye kuyakhulula, ngakumbi xa kucingwa ngekamva lezixeko. Kangangeminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, intshukumo yesixeko esikrelekrele ibiqhutywa yimibono yokuba ubuchwepheshe bunokunceda njani ukujongana neminye yemingeni enzima yasezidolophini. Ubhubhane weCoronavirus kunye nokuqondwa okukhulayo kwempembelelo yotshintsho lwemozulu kongeze ungxamiseko olutsha kule mibuzo. Impilo yabemi kunye nokusinda kwezoqoqosho kuye kwaba zizinto eziphambili kwiinkokeli zesixeko. Iingcamango ezamkelweyo malunga nendlela izixeko ezicwangciswe, ezilawulwa ngayo, nezijongwa ngayo ziye zachithwa. Ukongeza, izixeko zijongene nohlahlo-lwabiwo mali olunciphileyo kunye neziseko zerhafu ezincitshisiweyo. Nangona le mingeni ingxamisekileyo nengaqikelekanga, iinkokeli zesixeko ziyayiqonda imfuneko yokwakha kwakhona ngcono ukuqinisekisa ukuqina kwiziganeko zobhubhane zexesha elizayo, ukukhawulezisa ukutshintshela kwizixeko ezingenakhabhoni, kunye nokujongana nokungalingani okukhulu kwezentlalo kwizixeko ezininzi.
Ukucinga ngokutsha ngezinto eziza kuqala kwisixeko
Ngexesha lengxaki ye-COVID-19, ezinye iiprojekthi zesixeko esikrelekrele ziye zarhoxiswa okanye zarhoxiswa kwaye utyalo-mali luye lwadluliselwa kwiindawo ezintsha eziphambili. Nangona ezi ngxaki zinzima, isidingo esisisiseko sokutyala imali ekuphuculeni iziseko zophuhliso zasezidolophini kunye neenkonzo zisaqhubeka. I-Guidehouse Insights ilindele ukuba imakethi yetekhnoloji yesixeko esikrelekrele yehlabathi ibe nexabiso le-$101 yeebhiliyoni kwingeniso yonyaka ngo-2021 kwaye ikhule iye kwi-$240 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2030. Olu qikelelo lubonisa inkcitho iyonke ye-$1.65 yeebhiliyoni kwiminyaka elishumi. Olu tyalo-mali luya kusasazwa kuzo zonke izinto zeziseko zophuhliso zesixeko, kubandakanya iinkqubo zamandla namanzi, ezothutho, ukuphuculwa kwezakhiwo, iinethiwekhi ze-Intanethi yezinto kunye nezicelo, ukwenziwa kweenkonzo zikarhulumente ngedijithali, kunye namaqonga edatha amatsha kunye nobuchule bohlalutyo.
Olu tyalo-mali – ingakumbi olo lwenziwe kwiminyaka emi-5 ezayo – luya kuba nefuthe elikhulu kwimo yezixeko zethu kwiminyaka engama-25 ezayo. Izixeko ezininzi sele zinezicwangciso zokuba izixeko ezingathathi cala kwikhabhoni okanye zingabikho kwikhabhoni ngo-2050 okanye ngaphambi koko. Nangona izibophelelo ezinjalo zinokuba nomtsalane, ukuzenza zibe yinyani kufuna iindlela ezintsha zophuhliso lwedolophu kunye neenkonzo eziqhutywa ziinkqubo ezintsha zamandla, ubuchwepheshe bokwakha nezothutho, kunye nezixhobo zedijithali. Ikwafuna amaqonga amatsha anokuxhasa intsebenziswano phakathi kwamasebe esixeko, amashishini, kunye nabemi ekutshintsheni uqoqosho olungenakhabhoni.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-25-2021