[Patientman]

Looking at the source becomes very important. It is unfortunate that Charles Seife has had such limited success with his book that he needed to republish excerpts of it, to get notoriety(limited again). Going with the Wright Brother analogy of a simple design in an area where others have been unsuccessful is a pretty accurate analogy. Who was the last developer of a faster than light space ship and engine? Sorry. I guess my emphasis has always been on communication of information in an objective way, and not saying things that could be taken incorrectly. Closing the door completely on new and innovative energy technology says, the old wind mill and water dam will be as good as it gets and we shouldn’t try anything else in the future. Steve Jobs was wrong? It is not what we want, it is what we think the customer needs and wants. What the customer needs and wants right now is a way out of the socioeconomic situation they are in. Changing the energy picture would help.

You won’t find a shoulder to cry on when it comes to the frustration of creative discovery. You will find explosive opposing forces and violent reactions and then the sun comes out. That, I think is actually, one of the universal laws.:cheese: People do succeed.

I would hate to someone give up on anything, that would cause a change in the way the world thinks.
Technically: Your not in your parents garage. Financially: You need a work around. Politically: Someone is always screwed.

Maybe you just need to tell a story better and be sure not to blind the audience with science.

[Patientman]

There is an extremely large issue that lays within your proposed committee.

through the pursuit of aneutronic fusion…communicate to people that focus fusion can provide…

The word that sticks to the issue is “can”. People have become numb to the notion of someone completing the science or the continual promise that it is “On its way”. The media have done a huge job of conveying the “almost” message. I understand your need to organize a communications committee, but without the “product” there is a lot of missing information in the effort.

You have to understand there are still 30 million people unemployed and underemployed. Time is of the essence in surviving these times we find ourselves in.

My interest in your committee is based on the appreciation of the possible outcome. When Mr. Lerner attains the ultimate goal, it will be very important to us all, providing the substantiated proof needed to start a program. At that time, a great deal of effort will be tactically planned in Marketing and P/R. It will require three times the amount Mr. Lerner has referred to in the past.

Today, creating a blip on the public’s awareness screen requires a great deal of work. Yes, a grass roots approach is a nice starting place for creating awareness; the internet provides a noisy communication vehicle, but your competition has television and radio tools, and billions of dollars. Creating fusion will seem easy compared to what is needed to get the message clearly out.

[Patientman]

Dear Gen. Andrew F. Strasser,
There was a soft wear glitch that caused a hardware malfunction in the southern Mid-Atlantic. It seems the little bunny that holds the magnets, which keeps the field from reacting, well his Duracell gave out. It will be OK, we have a team working on a “New Solution” involving dense plasma fusion to replace the battery.

Sincerely,

Tech Support

[Patientman]

The Book “Sun In A Bottle” by Charles Seife, discusses the historical pursuit of fusion and also the bombs that have resulted in the past. He describes devices too large to be considered useful in warfare. It is difficult to read because of his lack of aneutronic fusion knowledge, but does set down historical data.

As to the discussion of how to change the public’s perception of fusion energy, it will require a story that does not include bombs. Not very exciting at first glance, but I am working on one, a novel that comments on society and how difficult it is to bring fusion reactors to market.

[Patientman]

A long shot of a possibility would be the use of 3-D printing for a miniaturization of the DPF in smaller applications. Just a thought running through the wishful thinking neurons. 🙂

[Patientman]

I am sure it depends on the size of the item. MEMs are pretty small, aren’t they? What size are the electrodes? Looking at the 3D RAPID PROTOTYPING PRINTING pdf (above) it would be good to give these folks a call, with all the questions and see what they have to say. They advertise “high-density tungsten powder” in the molding process, which tells me the final product does not come out of the 3-D printer.

[Patientman]

3-D Prototype printing is for creating models. If you were casting from the model, it might be an advantage. It is not a production machine, the cost of a single prototype is expensive, compared to the process you are currently using(that is why it takes a week). Find a CNC machine that will kick out your electrodes at your specifications from cast raw stock.

[Patientman]

Humor from Fusionists. Now I have seen everything except a quark.

[Patientman]

A comprehensive list of papers on DPF in a website or some Focus Fusion related site.

Journals
Papers
Abstracts

Listed chronologically by month from 2010 to present.
With titles of descriptions that include: Journal, vol, page, date, authors, and affiliations

A single document or web page.
Why not pay the fee for someone to join inspec. I would seem that this would be a very good resource for someone to continually work on, since there are a large number of papers being published.

http://www.theiet.org/resources/inspec
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[Patientman]

Started a list of two kinds. First, there are established web sites that are gaining positive reputations for crowd funding.

http://www.rockthepost.com
http://www.kickstart.com

Second, there are common rules in this approach to fund raising.
Besides the standard Business plan and market research, a video of the following information:
Who you are
What is the purpose of your project
If possible, show your prototype or service
Invite other people involved in the project to speak in the video
Why you need what you need
What you plan on doing if you reach your project goal
Share future plans
I found this list on Rock The Post
1. Plan ahead!
Planning ahead is the key to the future (and the success) of your campaign.
2. Target your audience.
Crowdfunding is not primarily about money, although many would think so. It is about getting a crowd of people inspired with the main goal of making a change or taking an action.
3. Work on that business plan.
Just like a word of mouth cannot be convincing, an unsupported project cannot be successful.
4. Be passionate.
You have everything clear in your head, and maybe in your finance books as well, but how you will serve this to the public is the main determinant of its success (or failure).
5. Turn crowdfunding in an actual marketing campaign.
6. Spread the word!
As we mentioned above, the relationship you establish with your audience should be taken to another level: making them your fans and potential pledgers.
7. Attract the money (oops, we mean the followers!)
8. Be strategic.
There must be a few people on your e-mail list that you are sure will be interested in your project and will definitely pledge.
9. Update constantly.
You can’t expect to tell a story, leave and then get all the funding you need. Not only it doesn’t work like that, but it can ruin your whole campaign.
10. Keep the audience engaged.
And last but not least, thank your followers for their support and nice comments, not only the ones who pledge.

Many of the campaigns on Kickstart, where about raising funds for films (in all phases). If you browse these successful examples, you will see they concern social issues. Focus Fusion is about solving the issues of radiation from nuclear plants, oil and gas producing CO2, and the climbing cost of energy. These should be central to the funding and theme of a video about Dense Plasma Fusion from LPP.

[Patientman]

I apologize if this is a technical monkey wrench in your discussions and can be disregarded on the whole, if it make no sense at all.

Do you expose the outer ring of electrodes in the reactor area?
Why expose the entire face (360 degrees) of the electrode if only the surface facing inwards (180 degrees or less) conducts the energy needed?

There maybe some benefits, although engineering a barrier and revising a whole reactor chamber is a problem…

Just a question to ponder.

[Patientman]

YordanGeorgiev wrote: Focus Fusion success by 2020:

– disruptive (price) pressure to national governments to create a global energy grid

This was a discussion from 2010 which caught me by surprise. We have moved a year and a half closer to the goal, but our ideas may still be anchored without progression towards the future.

The concept of some super energy grid is a very scary idea. This line of thought needs to be expanded in the area of national security and practical economic means. We need to economically approach the building without stalling it out and it is a security risk to our freedom from a centrally controlled energy source. The grid itself could be taken down though nefarious acts of sabotage.

A diversified system with small reactors everywhere providing small communities with power is a far safer system to consider. It will also provide many more jobs locally for both construction and maintenance in the future. It also can be implemented far faster than a number of multi-megawatt facilities.

The price pressure issue will creep up on governments and corporations at a slower pace and not subject the world economy to the huge shock waves we have been experiencing for the last 40 years. This is the type of community energy planning that needs to take place, long before a reactor comes online. So where is the discussion of a vision for 2020 (that was started in 2010)?

It takes me awhile to get to the point.

[Patientman]

asymmetric_implosion wrote: annodomini2:

… written medium because the reader can re-read the section to better understand the details. As I mentioned above, I think I would assign a rank or a grade to each section to give the reader a heads up before they start a section.

Can you remember the first time someone described the nuclear atom reaction of pool balls. That was as basic as you could get for the world to understand what happens when you split and atom. It was classic, using analogy gives people something to relate to. Each time you finish a section try to put it into a written perspective. Use the outline tools from the book, “Made to Stick”.

– Simplest core of the concept (brake it down for each level of your audience. Top down or bottom up)

– Unexpected – Think of something such as George Loewenstein’s gap theory of curiosity, which says that curiosity comes from a
gap between what we know and what we want to know.

– Concrete – Ground your reader in reality by avoiding abstraction and extensive conceptual language.

– Credible – Give them a statistic that relates in human terms “odds of winning the lottery vs getting struck by lightening”

– Emotional – The cost of energy…. in pictures and stories

– Story – Wrap up the entire above statements into personal stories that relate to the subject.

These notes are useful to the final script development. As long as your going about the process, you might as well write down thoughts.

[Patientman]

Education can almost work better than marketing at times. The writing of a script is extremely important as well as, what type of medium the script will work for. A video is nice, but difficulties begin when there are divisions of technical depth in the information. How to present this information has become easier as web technologies have grown.

I have been doing this type of dissemination work for more than 20 years and know it inside and out. The most expensive part is the graphics, editing, script and technology. You must understand this is a time consuming project, which requires participation by more than just one person.

If you break down all the parts of this project and set them into small containers of information, then write a script that is for both technical and lay person audiences, you will be able to interest a larger portion of the public. Educate, or grow the knowledge of the student, so you create threads that an increase in perception and understanding.

Outline a visual plan
——-Lay person— Educate on the basics-
——— general knowledge of how it works
—– Overviews
—– Relation to cosmology
—– General technical High school level
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—– intermediate person —–they comprehend the concepts but may not want to learn the advanced
math (maybe later)
— Some understanding of the math involved and how it relates to DPF and
the experiment
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—-Advanced Phd level Understanding
—– math, physics — go wild with details

You connect the information and videos through graphic screens that give people an option to learn a detail, such as definitions. It all starts with an outline, goals and a script. Shooting a video without these does nothing to promote or educate. You will lose your audience by the click of a button.

Lastly, If you do not create a “Story” That follows the logic of the Book:”Made to Stick” Then it will become a bunch of technical Crap know one will ever remember or care about. That would be a huge waste of time and energy.

[Patientman]

Henning wrote: Generally the rethinking of nuclear fission opens up other resources, now

available to water, wind, solar, and possibly fusion.
…they go where the money is) …But people understood that investing in fission locks resources required for a switch to more

renewable energy construction, storage, and distribution.

There is a reoccurring theme in the way governments and the energy industries marshal public opinion, funds and sources of energy itself, they push away from cheaper energy solutions. As the quoted passage above states, resources are locked into other directions. The cost of both wind and solar are higher than any other type of energy source, yet here we are. Continuing investment in these areas takes money away from newer and cheaper resources. Increased advertising is seen as a major source of pushing public opinion in “Green” areas. The energy industry itself is slowing down the world’s capability of any change to a cheaper source by diverting our attention to “their” saving graces.

We will now see a massive advertising campaign on how safe, righteous and cheap our nuclear energy programs are. The same energy companies that own Nuclear and wind power plants will push even harder for those “Green” dollars. They will lose large sums of money if Dense Plasma Fusion is not delayed or stopped. The United States receive 20% of our energy from Nuclear power plants, which is a huge amount of money flowing into an industry. Increasing the flow of dollars through wind and solar because of their cost ($5 to $7per Kilowatt installed) does not increase the amount of energy, only the cost. By continually slowing the change of energy resources and increasing its costs; they will keep our world safe from a sudden collapse of economies and political governments. They have convinced the public that this type of calamity will happen if we do not listen to them. The fear factor is failing.

People calling for democratic reform in North Africa are changing the face of the world regardless of the stalemate over oil dominance in that region. Those countries should have been building massive solar fields, if energy was the predominate factor in sustaining governments. These governments preferred to stick with non-democratic rule and total control over oil income. Those governments slow reaction to change costs human lives and an awakening of new negative perceptions by the rest of the world. Massive Nuclear plant failures in Japan are beginning another change in our world, which will cost more human life and world economic growth. We as a society always pay for these disasters. You may not have seen the bill come in the mail for 3 mile island, Chernobyl, or the recent banking implosion, but you have paid for these disasters. They thank you, by increasing the cost of living, cost of energy and those wonderful taxes. They have recouped those losses and then some. Problem is they forgot to increase wages and now are trying to convince us “business as usual” should return and we should continue paying for the lack of change.

Convincing the world to hang on just a few more years is a very difficult, if not an impossible thing to do. Keeping watch over an energy industry that does not see change as a good thing, but a thing it must control to stay on top, is a dangerous aspect of capitalism. If they continue in this direction of slowing down the changes on the horizon, we will see a continuing collapse of economies as well. Our strength comes from the patience and pragmatism towards a new foundation of Dense Plasma Fusion energy and a new society where energy can no longer dominate our economy. As a human society we have more important quests to pursue in the future, such as curing cancers, eliminating CO2 in our atmosphere and improving the education of our children. Energy as a commodity needs to be demoted after the successful world wide distribution of Fusion energy.

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