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being issued with a unique number which they would hand over when purchasing products that contribute to their carbon footprint, such as fuel, airline tickets and electricity. Like with a bank account, a statement would be sent out each month to help people keep track of what they are using. If their ‘carbon account’ hits zero, they would have to pay to get more credits." (Emphasis added.) As you can see, these references are hardly minor league in terms of either authorship or content. The undercurrent of early technocratic thought has finally reached the shore where the waves are lapping at the beach. Energy Card Prototype This may have seemed like science fiction in 1937, but today it is wholly achievable. Technocracy, Inc. has offered an updated idea of what such an Energy Distribution Card might look like. Its website states: "It is now possible to use a plastic card similar to today's credit card embedded with a microchip. This chip could contain all the information needed to create an energy distribution card as described in this booklet. Since the same information would be provided in whatever form best suits the latest technology, however, the concept of an ‘Energy Distribution Card’ is what is explained here.” If you study the prototype card, you will also note that it serves as a universal identity card and contains a microchip. This reflects Technocracy's philosophy that each person in society must be meticulously monitored and accounted for in order to track what they consume in terms of energy and also what they contribute to the manufacturing process. In July 1937, an article by Howard Scott in Technocracy Magazine described an Energy Distribution Card in great detail. It declared that using such an instrument as "a means of accounting is a part of Technocracy's proposed change in the course of how our socioeconomic system can be organized”. Scott further wrote: “The certificate will be issued directly to the individual. It is nontransferable and nonnegotiable; therefore, it cannot be stolen, lost, loaned, borrowed, or given away. It is noncumulative; therefore, it cannot be saved, and it does not accrue or bear interest. It need not be spent but loses its validity after a designated time period.” Carbon Market Players The modern system of carbon credits is an invention of the Kyoto Protocol and started to gain momentum in 2002 with the establishment of the first domestic economy-wide trading scheme in the UK. Written into international law in 2005, the trading market is now predicted to reach US$3 trillion by 2020 or earlier. Olyvs) Dsewic Snarsyy Gris) "The World Game's highest priority objective.” Linking the renewable energy resources around the world reduces global pollution, population growth, Or. R. Buckminster Fuller world hunger, and increases living standards, international trade, cooperation and world peace. dete er topat pe cent "We are absolutely in agreement with this initiative ¢ oor rely aE ‘acithe - and we want to let you know that we will be supporting integration fon sap petics tricity all works that you develop in this relation. grids of all African countries of ¥ NZ Vicente Fé) President, Mexico the Nile River.” Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary General, UN Dymaxion Map (C) Buckminster Fuller institute high-voltage electric grid Eash dot represents 1% of humanity (60+ million people) and the color represents the following energy statistics: US rene mca oan atv MIN aad SO SRS global plaanning. | invite you to investigate the GENI @ Less than 1000 kWhi/capita -- Regions in Emergency Initiative as | have. It offers hope for all humanity.” 1000 - 2000 kWh/capita -- Regions in Transition @ Over 2000 kWhicapita -- Developed Regions Walter Cronkite, News Anchorman ‘\ 4 Global Energy Network Institute - World Trade Center - 1250 6th Avenue, Suite 901 - San Diego, CA92101 | J 4) 5 www.geni.org - info@geni.org - 619-595-0139 - Fax: 619-595-0403 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization Represents Proposed high-voltage electric grid 28 * NEXUS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com