Certainly
many of the political hurdles are difficult. Yet,
half of the nations in the world now trade electricity
with a neighbor nation. This is double the number
of just 10 years ago.
Borders
that seemed impossible have now been linked: Israel
to Jordan, Spain to Morrocco, and the East/West
German link of 1990. Today, projects are progressing
in Central America, the Persian Gulf, The ASEAN
network, plus all nations of South America.
In
fact, the energy ministers of Africa, Southeast
Asia and Latin America have pledged to work towards
grid interconnection on each continent as quickly
as possible.
The
mission of GENI is education first. Politicians
didn't bring the Berlin wall down. It was half a
million people in the streets of Leipzig and Poland
before that. Once people become aware that there
is something better to do than what they've been
doing in the past, then they can start to write
letters and talk about it in publications!
