Dear GENI
Friend,
Climate
Change, Global
Warming, Carbon
Dioxide, Emission
Trading, Coastal
Flooding, Changing
Weather Patterns, Farming
Dislocations — all these and more have been
headlines and debate issues over the past 2 weeks
in Kyoto, Japan. I am sure you followed some of the
reports.
Several
leaders rightfully stated that the agreement will
forever change the way we think about, produce and
use our energy. In the end, the Kyoto
Protocol is a historic step in the right direction.
Yet, it is not sufficient when you see actual projections
for the next twenty years. Last week, the International
Energy Agency (the energy arm of the Organization
for Economic and Cooperative Development) said that
carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions are expected to grow by 50% to the year
2010. Most all of this increase will come from the
developing countries.
Today,
energy-hungry U.S. contributes 24% of the world's
CO2 emissions
compared to 5% from the developing nations. As you
can see, there are two widely different points of
view on the subject depending on where you live. As
a summary to the Kyoto Protocol, I thought you might
appreciate some of the reports we received daily during
the conference via fax. The attached report
from the National Environment Trust offers an
excellent wrap-up on the final day of the Kyoto conference
(from the point of view of the U.S.).
What I
hope you will notice is the difference between Buckminster
Fuller's comprehensive
anticipatory design science approach versus the
policy-makers who try to cap emissions and create
tradable pollution permits. The later tries to beat
back a rapidly growing fire — while the former
builds an infrastructure so the fire diminishes as
a natural course of development.
We believe
this is a superior design approach*. Your support
enables us to move forward with this strategy. Please
help up bring this global vision to everyone's attention
in 1998.
In partnership
for the planet,
Peter Meisen
President
* The
most thoughtful and scientific solution to the world's
problems I've ever seen.
Ron
Williams, Senior Research Director, General
Motors
Keywords
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life expectancy, infant mortality, free world energy
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world game, uhv, hvdc, hvac
