From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Jul 07 1999 - 08:03:55 MDT
"O'Regan, Emlyn" <Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au> writes:
> It's just come to mind that I remember mention of an idea some time ago, to
> extend the national electricity grids into a huge world-wide power grid,
> which might sort out fluctuations in supply around the world, make solar
> power more feasible (the sun's shining somewhere), and create a global
> electricity market where the countries best placed to produce power would be
> able to do it. I think it was also supposed to create a magical fairyland
> where cats and dogs lived together in peace.
I think it was Buckminster Fuller's World Energy Grid idea, there is
likely much more about it on Fuller-related websites. I don't know
about the fairyland part, but he did point out that this kind of
international trade/networking would make wars less profitable.
Of course, global energy networks might become unstable due to speculations.
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