Reply To: would nuclear energy really be accessible to all?

[emmetb]

The video linked below, contains some ideas that might be interesting to this present disucussion. On several levels, actually. First, there is the presentation technique which is absolutely genius in its simplicity and clarity: a good way to launch a viral video that explains your idea (maybe not this one though). Second, there are some gem insights there in the actual content. In particular how (young) people perceive time and look to the past/present/future. That made me realize it might be a good idea to hammer home the time-dimension: tokamak fusion technology is 50 years into the future and always will be, where LPP is putting out monthly reports and hopes to come to some conclusion on feasibility this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg

We need people to be future oriented. We need to GET people to be more future oriented. This holds for mainstream fusion researchers who fail to leave their disproven solution concepts (tokamaks). It holds for environmental organizations who fail to recognize that past disasters with fision power should not automatically make us abandon anything that has a nucleus in it. Lead by example i would say: there is no point in saying Green Peace has always been opposed to nuclear energy therefore i won’t talk to any environmental protection activists. Instead look at it this way: convince just 1 of these organizations to change their stance and embrace your proposition and you’ve won a powerful vote. This will, admittedly, be hard because by their very nature these organizations ARE conservative and past oriented.

This should be at the heart of your message: look to the future, support us.