Mradi wa steiglers gorge ni unnecessary na ecological destructive, hilo halina mjadala.
Tuna gesi ambayo mpaka leo iko under utilised.
Tuna makaa ya mawe, the cheapest source of energy tunayoweza kutumia. Its destructive pia lakini on the good side yako kwenye maeneo ambayo ni remote and not in one of the largest protected reserve site in the world.
Tuna uwezo wakuproduce wind energy in a large quantity, ila mpaka leo hakuna any signs ya kuanzisha mradi huo.
Tuna a long coastline yenye uwezo wakutuwezesha kuproduce energy kupitia tidal waves.
Tuna uwezo wa kupower miji mingi midogo Tanzania kwa kutumia umeme wa jua tu.
Ila vyote hivyo hamna mpango navyo au hamtaki kuvitekeleza in full.
Juzi juzi a few years back serikali imetoka kuiomba UN kufanya boundary change ya selous kwa ajili ya uranium mining ambayo in the end itakuja kuproduce a ton of radioactive waste ambayo ita-affect the game reserve.
Hapo hapo kuna swala la ujangili humo kwenye hiyo reserve, kwenye idadi ya tembo wameshuka toka 60,000+ in 2009 mpaka 10,000+ in 2013. Tumekaa tu, wala hakuna serious effort kukabiliana na hilo.
Tena sasa mnataka mjenge a hydro plant ambayo ita-flood a large area of the reserve na kuharibu the ecosystem ya eneo hilo,just from the construction alone.
Yani sisi ni kuharibu haribu tu.
Hydro plants zetu nyingi if not all, zimetengenezwa wakati wa mkoloni, hivi mnadhani wangeshindwa kujenga hiyo hydro plant kwenye hiyo reserve. Mnadhani ni wajinga sana mpaka wakaamua kuachana na hiyo idea. Tena walikuwa na uwezo both financially na engineering wise, kwasababu kama waliweza kutekeleza a large project such as reli ya kati, project kama hii isingewashinda.
Muda mwingine tusiwe wabishi, natuangalie impact ya vitu tunavyotaka kufanya.