Reply To: turn heat into electricity

[Rezwan]

tcg wrote: Perhaps we are trying to resonate with the wrong industry. Reporters of news must necessarily be concerned primarliy with results which can be whipped up into eye catching headlines. They have already been burned reporting on fusion “breakthroughs” and are understandably reserved. Perhaps we should be trying to catch the eye of an industry which is primarily concerned with story, with the drama of the struggle — the entertainment industry. I am not talking about Hollywood, more like PBS. Imagine being able to follow the Wright Brothers around for a year while they were developing the machine which eventually flew. No one had that chance. There might be some producers who would see documenting the work at LPP as an opportunity to be in front of the wave as it is breaking, to document history as it is happening. It would be a question of whispering into the right ear.

Absolutely. Great strategy – and we shall move it into its own post as a project. I’ve been gathering the names of people who make said documentaries, and have yet to pitch them (so much to do, so little time).

But remember, even these folks tend to spin the “results” frame, as seen in this sonofusion doc.