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GLOBAL
ENERGY NETWORK INSTITUTE
a
solution to global problems
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29 March
2000
Life
Imitates Art
Dear GENI
Friend,
What follows
is GENI's Letter to the Editor sent after the attached
2 articles were featured:
The
confluence of two seeming separate features may have
gone unnoticed by many. Yet art and reality sometimes
merge as visionaries give us a glimpse of what the
future holds.
Your
Night and Day featured the Lyceum's Theater's
upcoming play on Buckminster
Fuller :The History and Mystery of the Universe.
Bucky has been called the 'Leonard da Vinci of
the 20th Century', with numerous patents and futuristic
designs.
The
U-T's cover story was on Power
Sharing — where Sempra Energy and
ABB are expanding and retrofitting a polluting
power plant in Rosarito, Mexico into a cleaner
natural gas-fired plant. The increased capacity
will serve the growing energy demand of northern
Baja California, and have excess electricity to
sell back to the energy-hungry San Diego region.
Students
of Buckminster Fuller will recall his World
Game simulation — which endeavors to find
solutions to humanity's problems that are environmentally
sustainable. Thirty years ago, Bucky's premier strategy
was to interconnect the electrical energy networks
between nations for the same mutual benefits stated
in your article. He went a step further in proposing
that renewable energy could eventually serve all our
energy needs.
The realities
of international politics, environmental review and
financing often delay infrastructure development for
many years. In May, San Diego will host the APEC(Asian
Pacific Economic Cooperation) Energy Ministers —
who have the world's fastest growing population and
energy demand. Our local Power Sharing project will
serve us well — and can offer a model of cooperation
for the APEC energy ministers.
For the
sake of our planet, let's hope that Fuller's strategy
will be embraced more quickly in Asia."
On occasion
you will see similar stories and relationships that
you can influence. Write
a letter to the editor. They want to hear from
readers — and they need to be fully informed.
Our job is to accelerate sustainable development globally,
and this is something everyone can do.
In partnership
for the planet,
Peter Meisen
President
Keywords
: Life Imitates Art,sustainable development, global
energy network institute, international electricity
transmission, grid, power, environmental educational
programs, peace, zero population growth, stabilization,
life expectancy.
GENI
is a U.S. Tax Exempt 501(c)(3) Corporation committed
to improving the quality of life for everyone without
damage to the planet.
GENI Affiliates in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,
New Zealand, Singapore and United States.
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