Case Studies

When science fiction inspires tomorrow’s strategies

Science fiction isn’t just a dark mirror; it can be a reading guide to the present. Robinson’s global carbon currency, Powers’s dialogue with trees, and Le Guin’s cooperative society aren’t distant futures. These authors trace the fault lines of what’s already being tested: Enercoop is rewriting the rules of the energy market, Interface turns ocean waste into a resource, and Singapore turns vulnerability into a model. These concrete cases show that subversion and hope are already strategies.

1 . The Ministry for the Future ↔ Enercoop (France)

Sci-fi vision: Robinson imagines a global carbon currency, backed by central banks, to force the system to reward emissions cuts. Subversion: use finance’s own rules and redirect them toward survival.

Real-world case: Enercoop, a citizen-owned cooperative that produces and supplies 100% renewable electricity, steps outside the conventional market by building its own model: cooperative governance, transparent pricing, and direct involvement of member-owners. With tens of thousands of members today, it proves that a different economic model can exist—more democratic and more durable.

Analysis: Enercoop’s limitation is its scale—still marginal against energy giants. Its strength lies in proving another model is possible. To move from alternative to benchmark, it must scale up and forge industrial and political alliances without losing its cooperative DNA.

Regeneration is credible only if it scales.

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