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GLOBAL
ENERGY NETWORK INSTITUTE
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solution to global problems
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November
27, 2002
Must
we accept climate change — and adapt to it?
Dear
GENI friend,
When tackling
the big issues of our time, it seems that we move
backwards and forwards at the same time. While one
sector says that we must accept the consequences of
climate change, another sector seeks to deliver pollution-free
energy. Who will win this global tug of war?
There are
many powerful interests in the global CO2
debate, and it seems that our policy-makers have conceded
that emissions will rise and that all nations will
have to prepare it's citizens. The recent
meeting in New Delhi, India essentially stated
that we are unable to alter the course we are on.
Personally, it makes me sick to see this resignation
by our leadership.
On the
other hand, the UN Environmental Program (UNEP), the
Global Environmental Facility of the World Bank and
the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) have
joined to identify the optimal wind and solar energy
sites in a dozen developing nations. GENI has been
pushing this initiative for years with both UNEP and
NREL, and these resource assessments are being featured
at our panel sessions at the IEEE
Power Engineering Society meetings. We are showing
that renewable energy is plentiful and cost-competitive
today.
You have
helped us in this fight—the striving for solutions
vs. throwing in the towel. If we win, the world will
be cleaner and more prosperous for all. If we lose,
more pollution and economic dislocations are certain.
Please look and see what's important to you as
we close 2002—and consider a renewed pledge for
the coming year. We will invest it on the winning
side.
In partnership
for the planet,
Peter Meisen
p.s.
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