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6 Questions towards Peace and Sustainable
Development
 1.
How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity
in the shortest possible time through spontaneous
cooperation without ecological damage or the disadvantage
of anyone?
(World Game™ purpose)
(click here for the answer)
2. How do you define adequate quality of
life -- a decent living standard for all?
A: Sufficient clean water, food, shelter,
sanitation/sewage, health care, communication, transportation,
education, security, economics.
3. What is the technology that supports or
enables each of the above systems to exist?
A: Energy, specifically electrical energy.
4. How do we supply electricity today?
A: By wires, generated from either renewable
or non-renewable energy sources. In the developed
world, supply is abundant, but energy sources are
80% from coal, oil, gas and nuclear -- causing the
majority of global pollution. 2 billion people, one-third
of humanity have no electrical energy. Unfortunately,
the growing economies of India, China and Southeast
Asia are following the same energy strategy as the
wealthy nations.
5. How do we provide sufficient electricity
for everyone in an ecologically sustainable way?
A: First, understand that there is no energy
scarcity. The renewable energies (wind, solar, hydro,
geothermal, tidal and biomass) are abundant far beyond
our needs -- and several are now cost competitive.
So, tap renewable resources in remote sites (where
they are usually found), and move the power via high-voltage
transmission lines, which now can reach 7000 kilometers,
connecting nations and continents.
6. What would be the benefits of doing this?
- Increased trade, cooperation and peace
between neighboring nations.
- Reduced pollution and toxic wastes
from fossil and nuclear power generation.
- Reduced hunger and poverty as
2 billion people will have an electrical infrastructure
necessary for adequate food, water, health care
and education.
- Stabilized population as birth
rates fall when energy use increases in a society.
Answer to Question #1:
The electrical interconnection of power
networks between countries and continents, with an
emphasis on tapping remote renewable energy resources.
A World Wide Web of Electricity
tapping clean energy resources.
The World
Game's highest priority objective
(Critical
Path by Bucky Fuller)
The problems of humanity threaten
each of us -- yet our ignorance makes us believe that
somehow we can remain immune. That just isn't so.
The critical issues we face; poverty, pollution, population
growth and proliferation of nuclear weapons, have
time frames much longer than any political term of
office. These problems are interconnected, which suggests
that the solutions will also be interconnected. We
need more comprehensive thinking and long-range global
planning. I invite you to investigate The GENI Initiative
as I have. It offers hope for all humanity.
Walter Cronkite (See
photo with endorsement)
News Anchorman
I support with enthusiasm
your initiative. While directing the Foreign Affairs
of Egypt, between 1977-1991, I have advocated the
integration of the electricity grids of all the African
countries of the Nile River using the Nile as the
infrastructure of this project. I believe, as you
do, that electricity must be at the service of peace
and international co-operation.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (See
photo with endorsement)
Former Secretary General, United Nations
What
can you do to help bring this vision to reality?
GENI
Affiliates in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand,
Singapore and United States.
Revised
2002-03-22
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