Loaves, Fishes and the
Next World Wide Web

Loaves, Fishes and the
Next World Wide Web
Moving from Scarcity
to Abundance

Once Upon a Time…

Once Upon a Time…

Once Upon a Time…

“Life is a mirror and will reflect
back to the thinker what he
thinks into it.”
-- Ernest Holmes

Reflection – July 1986
• Desperation
• In-between jobs
• Wanting to be useful
• Seeking Divine Guidance

Reflection – July 1986
• Received…
guidance
• Working on project,
came across material
for different project
• Enthusiastic but…
• Unfocused, confused

“If you want to change the world…
start with yourself.”
• Sobriety (1990)
• Spiritual
connection (1995)

Sacred Days Retreat 1998
• Week in Portland
• Group of Ministers
• Goal of Ministry?
• Day of Silence
• Sacred Covenant

Sacred Days Retreat 1998
Vision: “Growing Abundance through
the Wisdom of Love”

Setting Intentions
• Ministry Name:
“Loaves & Fishes”
• To Awaken Qualities
of Freedom & Joy
• Teach, speak and
empower others
• Be living example

Loaves & Fishes
• All 4 gospels
• Principle of
abundance
• 5 loaves, 2 fish
• Multitudes fed
• Unconditional
generosity

Unconditional Generosity
• Spontaneous sharing
& cooperation
• What’s mine is yours
• No scarcity, so no
hoarding
• Abundance made
manifest

The Precious Gift

“10 Fish”

Taking More Action

Taking More Action

Seeing New Opportunities

Taking New Actions – July 2001

Service Creates Abundance…

“Life is a mirror and will reflect
back to the thinker what he
thinks into it.”
-- Ernest Holmes

…and New Opportunities
Our Home:
100%...
…solar-powered
since 2003

…and New Opportunities
Our Car: 100% electric,
solar-powered

Solar Power Basics

Daytime: Too Much Energy
 Day: system usually makes
more energy than home can use
 Extra energy flows back onto
utility grid
 Runs the electric meter
backwards for credit
 Extra power used by others

Nighttime: Not Enough Energy
 Solar panels don’t work at
night
 Take back energy that’s
“banked” during the day
 Only pay bill once a year
 On avg, use as much as you
put in, your bill is ZERO!
 “Net Metering” program
 Energy Interdependence

Loaves, Fishes… and Abundance

Global Problem:
Hunger and Starvation
• UNWorld Food Program
Report (Feb. 17, 2007)
• 850 million people are
“hungry or malnourished”
• Half of this number are
children
• 18,000 children die of
hunger and malnutrition
every day
• 1 death every 5 seconds

Scale Up to Global Level?
• Global energy interdependence?
• How far can shared electricity travel?

Abundance at the Speed of Light

Energy Supply vs. Demand
• Enough sunlight falls on
earth’s surface
in 1 hour
• To meet 100% of world’s
energy needs for
1 full year

Energy Supply vs. Demand
• Not Always…
• the right kind of energy
• at the right place
• at the right time
• Not a supply problem, but a
distribution problem
• Global Energy “Internet”

Global “Energy Internet”
Does Not Exist Yet

U.S. Electrical Grid

European Electrical Grid

Regional Energy Grids
Not Connected

Our World from a New Perspective

Connecting Regional Grids into
Global Energy Network

Electricity: Basis of Civilization
• Developed world: 2,000+ kWh per capita
• Developing world: 1,000 – 2,000 kWh per capita
• Poverty: Less than 1,000 kWh per capita

Electricity: Basis of Civilization
• Clean drinking water and adequate
water treatment systems
• Refrigeration: stable food supply
and medicines
• Reduction of disease and infant
mortality
• Improved standard of living: stable
population growth
• Correlates with high literacy rate

Electricity: Basis of Civilization
• Current world population Billions of People
7
6.5 Billion people 6
5
4
• People with no access to 3
electricity: 2
1
2 Billion people
0
World Population No electricity

Loaves, Fishes…. And Abundance
• Connect regional electricity
grids into worldwide energy
network
• Connect renewable energy
resources (hydro, solar, wind)
• Phase out energy generating
plants causing greatest
pollution
• Provide universal access to
electricity and power grid
• Goal: 2,000 kWh per
capita/year

Global Energy Network Strategy
• Global Energy Network
Institute (GENI)
• Located in San Diego
• Founded 1986
• Based on work of Dr. R.
Buckminster Fuller
• Inventor of geodesic dome
• “World Game” simulations in
1960s and 1970s

Global Energy Network Endorsements
• Walter Cronkite
• Al Gore
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali
• His Holiness Dalai Lama
• Rev. Desmond Tutu
• Vincente Fox
• Dr. Jonas Salk

Global Energy Grid: Largely Built

Internet: 1972 – 1998
1972 ARPANET, 4 universities
1981 214 hosts in ARPANET
1981 IBM-PC introduced
1982 ARPANET converted to TCP/IP
1984 CERN network grows in Europe
1989 Japan JUNET connected to NSFNet
1991 Hypertext introduced by Berners-Lee
1993 Mosaic graphical web browser
1994 Netscape Navigator
1995 Yahoo and Alta Vista search engines
1998 Google founded
1972-
1998…

Three Projects to Watch
• Tres Amigas Superstation in New Mexico
• Google’s Atlantic Wind Energy Backbone
• Desertec Mediterranean Project

Tres Amigas Superstation
• In Clovis, NM
• 3 Grids Intersect
• Superconducting
“Roundabout “

Tres Amigas Superstation

Google’s Atlantic Backbone
• 350 miles long
• 15 mi offshore
• Connect VA – NY
• 7,000 MW
• 2 million HH

Desertec Energy Project
• Solar arrays in Sahara
and Saudi Arabia
• Exported to Europe
via HVDC Network
• 6-nation Gulf region
network just connected

Desertec Energy Project
• Solar arrays in Sahara
and Saudi Arabia
• Exported to Europe
via HVDC Network
• 6-nation Gulf region
network just connected
• $1.2 billion project

Bering Strait Tunnel Project
• Aug. 22, 2011
• 26-mile connection, $100 B
• Alaska to Siberia
• HVDC lines “feasible”
• East-West “Energy Bridge”

Loaves, Fishes… and Abundance

Loaves, Fishes… and Abundance
“Growing
Abundance
through the
Wisdom of Love”

“Life is a mirror and will reflect
back to the thinker what he
thinks into it.”
-- Ernest Holmes

Divine “Guidance” – July 1986
Neural Network Global Energy
Computer Network

Loaves, Fishes… and Abundance
Your Journey?

A Love Like That
Even after all this time
the sun never says
to the earth, 'You owe me.‘
Look what happens with a love like
that, it lights the whole sky.
-- Hafiz

For More Information
• www.terrawatts.com
• www.geni.org
• www.stellarsolar.net