¶ Bare Maximum
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Bare Maximum:
". . . We found that the only way we could really show that we could make the world work for 100 percent of humanity was to show that we could provide the energy needs, externally and internally, to every human being on Earth. That was the only way we could, in a sense . . . measure that we had provided for the world’s needs. So we started off and tried to figure out exactly what would be bare maximum. . . How much had to be provided to every human being as fast as possible to give them their high standard of living and totally reinvestable time in the sense that all of the survival needs were taken care of and they would be able to invest all their time in their own lives/
"We made these two charts to give a graphic representation of how we want to move to that bare maximum in external metabolics and kilowatt hours and internal metabolics meaning calories and protein. And if you see the chart. . . this is the increase in our kilowatt hours and that’s population. So as these curves rise, you see them going more and more horizontal towards bare maximum. In 1965 the majority of the population is below the kilowatt hours
¶ Citations
- Saturn Film Transcript, Tape #1, Jun’69
