Is there a standard 'go to' source of information for spreading the word?

[post.scarcity.now]

Hello everybody,

I have a great interest in LPP’s experiment, being in my opinion the most promising approach to achieving a post scarcity civilization and the most important thing we can be working on.

I have recently enrolled on some ‘MOOCs’ (Massively Open Online Courses) and found there to be great potential for connecting with large numbers of engaged and productive people on the topic of aneutronic fusion.

Rather than constructing my own arguments/collections of information, I was wondering if there is a ‘go to’ document or URL for introducing people to the cause?

I would hate to miss opportunities to promote aneutronic fusion effectively by providing an inferior account of the situation.

[post.scarcity.now]

Pending a reply, I have written something for critique/approval. Not being an official spokesperson for FFS or LPP nor having a degree in plasma physics, I am obviously hesitant to just go shouting my mouth off around the internet in a way that is potentially incorrect or does not do justice to what LPP or FFS are trying to achieve. My proposed post:

‘Aneutronic nuclear fusion, particularly in the form of the Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) experiment, like the one being run by Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP), is a very promising approach which is not receiving the attention or the funding that it deserves.

Despite disgustingly low funding (more info [here][1]), they have made incredible progress and are offering a reasonable route to developing a working fusion power device, the holy grail of future energy provision. Energy which is clean with no radioactive waste or carbon dioxide, cheap, abundant and sustainable. A device which is safe, has a low footprint and is modular.

This Google Talks video about the DPF approach to aneutronic fusion is very interesting and informative: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKB-VxJWpg][2] or this shorter Google ‘Solve for x’ video posting: [https://www.solveforx.com/moonshots/aneutronic-fusion][3]

The DPF approach: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus][4]

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics can be found here (the news section is worth paying attention to): [lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com][5]

There is a society devoted to promoting this approach which has all the information also:
[focusfusion.org][6]

With regards to nuclear fission, from my research it seems we should be focusing Thorium-232 as a fuel source in LFTRs (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors) as they would remove or drastically reduce most of the negative aspects of the fission reactions being used today with Uranium-235 as their fuel. As a result they also offer a viable and sustainable energy source to power the future of humanity, although not nearly as good as aneutronic fusion.

See here for more information: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power][7] or [https://www.solveforx.com/moonshots/thorium-an-energy-solution-thorium-remix-2011][8]

Both approaches have their obstacles, the main ones in my mind being popular recognition and adequate financial support. The engineering challenges seem very achievable given what we have already done as a species. The costs for either are negligible in the scale of the global economy; the benefits are practically infinite.’

[1]: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/index.php?option=com_lyftenbloggie&view=entry&year=2013&month=09&day=06&id=105:open-letter-on-fusion&Itemid=90
[2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhKB-VxJWpg
[3]: https://www.solveforx.com/moonshots/aneutronic-fusion
[4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus
[5]: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com
[6]: https://focusfusion.org
[7]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
[8]: https://www.solveforx.com/moonshots/thorium-an-energy-solution-thorium-remix-2011

[Breakable]

Hi there,
I would tend to point new-comers to:
https://focusfusion.org

Google tech talk from 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4w_dzSvVaM

Climate Colab article
http://climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/10/planId/1304168

Peer reviews:
http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106&Itemid=120

[Vulvox]

Backpages and craig’slist come to mind.

[Ivy Matt]

I knew there was a non-paywalled version of the Physics of Plasmas paper somewhere. Here it is:

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/236221996_Fusion_reactions_from_150_keV_ions_in_a_dense_plasma_focus_plasmoid

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