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Here is where you find the details on why the GENI
Initiative is such a compelling argument for global
environmental protection and sustainable development.
2005 was officially the hottest year in recorded
history, and global temperatures are the warmest
in this millennium. The ice caps and glaciers are
melting even faster than expected and hurricanes
have increased in strength and frequency. The evidence
is in. Human activity, especially the burning of
fossil fuels, is altering atmospheric chemistry.
Five decades ago we were warned about climate change
from burning fossil fuels. The evidence is now in
from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
-- our addiction to fossil fuels is altering our
environment. We've seen stronger storms, melting
glaciers and permafrost -- and computer models predict
agricultural dislocations and the spread of tropical
diseases into higher latitudes.
We've squandered 50 years and in the meantime reached
the highest level of carbon dioxide concentration
in 600,000 years. China is adding a 1000-megawatt
coal-fired power plant every week! Texas, a US leader
in wind development, now wants to build 11 more
coal-fired, carbon emitting plants -- a surefire
pathway to increasing pollution. If we don't change
course, the experts project a doubling of CO2 concentrations
and dire consequences.
In 1973, renewables
provided 6% of U.S. primary energy. After all the
scientific warnings, political pronouncements and
actual steel-in-the-ground development, renewables
share of primary energy remains at just 7% (2009).
Seems like a lot of talk and not enough action.
The GENI Initiative focuses on a global strategy
- the interconnection of power grids between nations,
tapping abundant local and remote renewable energy
resources. We educate, promote, cajole, enroll and
provoke utilities, policy-makers, energy ministers
and financiers to embrace this sustainable solution
for implementation within and between all nations.
Dealing with climate change takes everyone doing
everything we can. We hve a long way to go with
U.S. energy policy and must also work with India,
China and the rest of the developing world to leapfrog
the fossil fuel path and move directly into a clean
and efficient energy model.
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