Reply To: Set up a holding company

[JShell]

“ReNeW docs” sounds like a good idea . . . consensus-building and cooperation is usually a great way to go. I think the key is, FFS may not be big enough right now to have an impact on overall clean energy R and D funding climate . . . but if we publicize the plight of non-tokamak and non-lasers researchers (ie that they are being starved of funding), then perhaps we could get some higher-ups to apply some pressure to get Ed Synakowski to change his fusion research funding allocation choices.

I don’t think Ed Synakowski is simply going to change his mind because people ask him to. I think he’s pretty convinced that the Tokamak is the best/only way forward. I disagree with his perspective on reality, but I think it might be easier to convince someone above Ed that Ed may not actually be implementing the best plan for America’s future . . . and that alternative fusion researchers should be getting funding too.

That is the quickest way to getting LPP public money that I can see . . .which I guess is part of why I’m more eager for a letter-writing campaign or something else more proactive.