[1] A document issued by the US Department of Defense in 2005 defines a strategic reserve as follows: "An external reinforcing force which is not committed in advance to a specific Major Subordinate Command, but which can be deployed to any region for a mission decided at the time by the Major NATO Commander.
"[2] There are several national and international projects aiming to preserve the existing natural wealth and diversity in case of mass extinction or a global catastrophe.
[3][4] Another such institution, Frozen Ark, concentrates on DNA preservation of endangered animal species for generations.
This time the strategic reserve is defined as a set of power plants or interruptible demand contracts, all controlled by the TSO (transmission system operator), that can be used during temporary lack electricity.
[7] One of the main European TSO's is a Belgian company Elia, that operates in Belgium and Germany.