Lub Coachella Valley yog dav paub tias yog "Date Capital of the World". Txawm li cas los xij, kev tswj hwm hnub xibtes fronds - nplooj ntawm cov ntoo majestic - tau nthuav tawm cov teeb meem tseem ceeb rau thaj av vim nws txoj kev cog qoob loo ntau, ib puag ncig tsis zoo, thiab kev ua liaj ua teb tshwj xeeb.
Ntawm tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv ntsuab, xibtes fronds yog tshwj xeeb yog nyuaj rau tswj vim lawv cov fibrous xwm. Thaum lwm cov khib nyiab ntsuab decomposes sai, xibtes fronds tuaj yeem siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los rhuav tshem. Raws li tsab xov xwm Los Angeles Times, Robert Horowitz - tus thawj saib xyuas ntawm cov organic hauv CalRecycle - tau hais tias lawv cov fibers ntxhib ua rau lawv tiv taus cov txheej txheem ua chiv, ua rau muaj teeb meem hauv kev tswj cov khib nyiab. Ntau lub nroog nyiam muab lawv pov tseg raws li cov pov tseg xa mus rau qhov chaw pov tseg, zam cov txheej txheem rov ua dua tshiab.
Nyob ntawm ib puag ncig ib puag ncig, xibtes fronds tuaj yeem nyob hauv qhov chaw pov tseg rau txhua qhov chaw ntawm 2 mus rau 10 xyoo kom tag nrho decompose, ua rau muaj kev pov tseg mus ntev. Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, decomposing organic pov tseg zoo li xibtes fronds tsim methane, ib tug muaj zog tsev cog khoom roj pab rau kev hloov huab cua. Tsis tas li ntawd, kev tswj hwm tsis raug cai ua rau muaj hluav taws kub nyhiab hauv Coachella Valley huab cua qhuav. Cov cheeb tsam qhuav thiab cua daj cua dub tuaj yeem cuam tshuam cov kab mob, ua rau huab cua muaj kuab paug los ntawm cov pa luam yeeb thiab ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo hluav taws kub nyhiab. Qhov no ua ke nrog cov cua tshuab pa phem los ntawm lub hiav txwv Salton rov qab, ua rau huab cua tsis zoo sai sai.
Hauv kev sib tham nrog cov neeg nyob hauv Coachella Valley Ishaan Nettimi thiab Marco Valdez, cov tub ntxhais kawm sib tham txog kev txhawj xeeb txog huab cua tsis zoo cuam tshuam rau lawv lub neej txhua hnub. Nettimi tau sau tseg tias "Thaum twg kuv mus ua si lossis ntaus pob tesniv, kuv tuaj yeem hnov qhov cuam tshuam ntawm huab cua phem, thiab nws ua rau ua pa nyuaj." Tsis tas li ntawd, Valdez tau hais ntxiv tias "Kev ua si yooj yim xws li taug kev [tau] nyuaj dua vim tias nws nyuaj rau koj ua pa." Cov kev paub ntawm tus kheej no qhia txog qhov teeb meem hauv cheeb tsam ib puag ncig, suav nrog huab cua tsis zoo, raug kev puas tsuaj los ntawm kev tswj cov khib nyiab tsis raug zoo li kev pov tseg ntawm xibtes fronds.
Ib yam li ntawd, Sara Renteria los ntawm cov zej zog ntawm North Shore tau qhia nyob rau hauv CalMatters tsab xov xwm yuav ua li cas cov plua plav tawm mus ua rau nws xav tias "zoo li muaj pob zeb ntawm [nws] hauv siab," tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum muaj plua plav cua daj cua dub, uas zoo li yuav hnyav zuj zus txhua xyoo. Tam sim no nws tab tom ntsib cov tsos mob hawb pob hnyav dua; nws tus kws kho mob tau ntaus nqi nws tus mob ncaj qha rau lub hav huab cua, thiab nws lub zej zog tau pom 24 cov lus ceeb toom txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm plua plav xyoo no ib leeg.
Hmoov zoo, ntau lub tswv yim hauv Coachella Valley tau hais txog qhov teeb meem ntawm xibtes frond. Palm Silage yog ib lub ntiaj teb thawj cov tsiaj txhu pub cov tuam txhab los koom nrog cov xibtes fronds rau hauv lawv cov khoom, hais txog kev ua liaj ua teb xav tau thaum txo cov khoom pov tseg. Lawv koom tes nrog lub nroog Phoenix, Arizona, txhawm rau hloov ntau txhiab tons ntawm xibtes pov tseg. Desert Compost pab txhawb rau Coachella Valley los ntawm cov haujlwm ntawm cov chaw xws li College of Desert thiab Prescott Preserve. Lawv ua haujlwm kaw cov khoom noj khoom haus kaw, hloov cov zaub mov pov tseg rau hauv cov khib nyiab rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv lub vaj, thiab kho cov av los ntawm kev tsim cov av zoo, sequestering carbon, thiab txuag dej. Lawv cov phiaj xwm hloov cov khoom pov tseg rau hauv cov peev txheej uas rov tsim cov suab puam toj roob hauv pes.
Kev tswj kom zoo ntawm xibtes fronds xav tau ntau txoj hauv kev. Kev txhim kho cov kev coj ua pov tseg, nthuav dav cov kev pabcuam rov ua dua tshiab, thiab txhawb nqa kev siv zog rov ua dua tshiab yog cov kauj ruam tseem ceeb. Kev tswj xyuas cov khoom pov tseg kom zoo yog qhov tseem ceeb heev los txo cov kev pheej hmoo no, thiab cov tub ntxhais hluas tuaj yeem pab txhawb kev paub thiab txhawb nqa cov kev daws teeb meem tshiab los daws cov teeb meem ib puag ncig tsis tu ncua. Los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev sib koom tes ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv, kev lag luam, thiab tsoomfwv hauv nroog, Coachella Valley tuaj yeem ua haujlwm rau cov kev daws teeb meem uas txo qis ib puag ncig ntawm cov xibtes fronds thaum tso cai rau lawv cov ntoo kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo hauv zej zog.
Hauv kev xaus, thaum xibtes fronds pab txhawb rau yav qab teb California qhov ntxim nyiam, lawv nthuav tawm cov teeb meem tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum tau daws los ntawm txoj hauv kev ruaj khov. Los ntawm tackling xibtes frond pov tseg thiab kev koom ua ke nrog kev ua liaj ua teb, Coachella Valley tuaj yeem tswj hwm qhov zoo ntawm nws qhov chaw ib puag ncig thiab nrhiav kev sib npaug ntawm kev zoo nkauj thiab kev ua tau zoo.
