regions have great potential for becoming energy farms based on either terrestrial photovoltaics or on beamed power. • Link the centers to activities both within its sphere of influence and to activities elsewhere in the world. Define the types of global linkages that might be possible. By working locally while connected globally the centers be linked. • Link the centers to a global vision. Energy from space and hydrogen based fuel economies is just such a vision. This also provides the economic opportunity. • Have a global implementation strategy which involves partnering on both a private and public basis. Energy centers founded on energy from space and the Technopolis concept would result in an integrated system for achieving many of the objectives listed above. The Other Path Hernando De Soto in The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World describes how the poor of Latin America, when left to themselves, organize and create market economies, cities (barrios), and transportation and legal systems, i.e. they become centers of development. De Soto extends his analysis of the barrios of Lima, Peru to similar economic strata in other cultures and finds remarkably similar behavior and successes. His research and analysis offers validation of other paths and different races to those currently pursued by large, bureaucratic aid and development programs. It means that by providing nucleating or seed crystals to the process we can have confidence that we will create value. Financing Initiatives - Energy as Foreign Exchange Structuring the deal or securing the necessary amount of financing will require playing in games #4, 3, and 2 rather than 1. One approach is that by securing Third world support for frequency allocation and orbital slots you then create a resource that can be developed. Now you can seek development funds or in oil and gas terms, exploration money. With development underway you can seek production contracts and with those in hand you can then generate the rest of the capital needed. This approach is very similar to what Onassis did in building up his tanker fleet. The value offered in exchange for support in securing the frequencies and orbits is energy. This minimizes cash flow in the early stages, ensures that the rural areas will actually receive benefit and forms a partnership which can be further developed. Note that, for the governing elite to receive economic benefit from energy (as foreign exchange) they will have to promote economic development, since energy, unlike “consulting fees” cannot be hidden in a bank. Another approach for financing includes bartering energy for mineral resources, then using additional energy to process those resources into higher value products and finally earning currency by exporting.
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