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Spontaneous Cooperation... Decades in the Making

After WWI, President Woodrow Wilson said, Afghanistan and Pakistan have proposed a
"the highest and best form of efficiency transmission line among their states.
is the spontaneous cooperation of a free Calling it a "win-win situation", the
people." Where is the evidence of Krgryz Energy Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi
spontaneous cooperation in our world stated "we want to bring benefits to the
today? Historically, it seems that the common man because if there is economic
cause of war -- Pearl Harbor, Iraq's activity and prosperity, it will be
invasion of Kuwait and September 11th -- shared by the people of these countries."
will catalyze a society and nations to Moreover, all 10 nations of the
cooperate. Must we have our backs to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
wall, or is it possible for a compelling (ASEAN) have pledged to interconnect the
vision to create spontaneous cooperation? grids of its members.
The Critical Question In Africa, NEPAD (New African Partnership
In 1969, Dr. R Buckminster Fuller (most for Development) and the African
well known for geodesic domes and Development Bank are supporting the Kenya
Buckyballs) developed a World Game - Ethiopia agreement to supply power to
simulation to explore global resources each other. Modeled after the 12 nation
and trends. It posed the critical South African Power Pool, 14 ECOWAS
question, "how do we make the world work (Economic Community of West African
for 100% of humanity in the shortest States) nations are planning to link
possible time through spontaneous their energy grids.
cooperation without ecological damage or The Middle East has seen an wave of
disadvantage of anyone?" In other words, integration. Lebanon will be linked to
how do we provide a decent living the regional electricity grid that
standard for everyone in an includes Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey
environmentally sustainable way? The part as of the beginning of next year. This
about "through spontaneous cooperation" interconnection project also involves the
always remained a puzzle to me. How does joining of Libya and Iraq. Last month,
positive change happen spontaneously on a former enemies Iran and Iraq agreed to
global scale? build four cross-border power lines to
The premier strategy of Fuller's global transfer 1000 MW of power.
simulation was the interconnection of Mexico's Mesoamerica Initiative plans to
electric power grids between regions and integrate the energy grids all Central
nations with an emphasis on tapping American nations. The World Bank and the
abundant renewable energy resources US DOE are partnering with the Central
around the world. Electricity provides American Integration Secretariat to
the foundation of our modern society, and encourage clean energy development,
power grids act as freeways that deliver emphasizing renewables over fossil fuel
the electricity to power our homes, projects.
businesses and industry. During the 20th Most of these projects have been planned
Century, transmission lines delivered by engineers for years. The economic
electricity from large, centralized benefits -- load leveling, reliability of
plants that burned fossil fuels and supply, emergency backup -- are all
nuclear energy. Today, developers of proven. Yet international transmission
wind, solar and geothermal resources in requires agreement between ministries of
remote locations are plugging into these energy and state, financial institutions,
expanding grid systems -- decentralizing local utilities and property owners.
power production while increasing grid Cooperation must overcome the combined
integration. barriers of multiple stakeholders.
But spontaneous cooperation? Hardly. Any Emergence through emergency
project developer will tell you all the So what's happened in the world to cause
hurdles they face due to regulations, these nations to work together?
interconnection and siting issues. In the Buckminster Fuller said that society will
energy industry, the time lag between often "emerge through emergency" --
project proposal to actual commissioning because when times are good, any change
can be 10 - 20 years. at all is difficult. For many developing
Yet quietly -- below the radar of most nations the challenge is dire: 1.6
observers -- Fuller's vision of using billion people have no electrical
power lines to link nations across services - no refrigeration of food or
borders has recently been energized at a medicine, clean water or lighting. For
pace never seen before. the rest of us, scientific consensus on
Nations are linking up climate change clearly places the cause
In the past few months, Russia and China on our 'addiction to oil' for
agreed to large-scale power grid transportation, and burning coal and
interconnections that will benefit both natural gas for power production.
economies. Additionally, the Chinese have Today, half the nations on the planet are
signed deals with Tajikistan and Vietnam linked with a neighbor, but half remain
to build transmission lines across their electric energy islands. The emergencies
respective borders. The South Koreans of our time: poverty, climate change,
have offered to extend their grid into peace and population growth are in our
North Korea and modernize the North face daily. These issues and their
Korean network as a part of the solutions transcend political boundaries.
negotiations to scrap the North's nuclear National leaders are seeing the benefits
program. of mutual interdependence over trying to
In Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, go it alone.




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