Wefunder campaign, LPP Fusion

 

Evidently, LPP Fusion still hasn't reached their secondary goals. That's because they are still sending out messages asking for more. The last I heard ( not counting this morning) was that they were about 10k short.

This latest solicitation is another one of those head-scratchers. So it got me to thinking. I'm relating this to all of the other stuff going on these days. I've come to the conclusion that the world is not such a nice place. It's an honest assessment. A bullshit assessment would be all hearts and flowers. Sheesh, World War III could break out at any time.

I've got a problem with the way this is being presented. Fossil fuels really isn't the problem. That would be true even if fossil fuels were really fouling up the Earth. I don't believe that it is, but again, that's not the problem. The problem is hard to put my finger on.

If their idea is to tap into hatred in order to destroy the fossil fuel industry, well this approach might make sense. But THOSE guys aren't serious, if that's the case. That's because if there was any way that they could destroy the fossil fuel industry, this could be the way. If the idea was to make the world better, this way could be the way. But the pitch is to people who don't care about what they say that they care about. Consequently, the message falls flat. If you tap into fossil fuel hatred, the haters should be beating a path to your door way. But they're not. They're being false with everyone. So why count on THEM?

If there's any reason they may fall short of their goals, it is that they are using a method and a result that isn't in keeping with the intended audience. The real audience should be people who are concerned that they, and their posterity, will not have a secure energy future. Their motivation would be goodwill, not hatred. A solution to the energy question would benefit ALL. There is no need for hatred. You should pursue this way because it is best possible way forward, PROVIDED that everyone wants a more secure and bountiful future.

Their method is free enterprise and the profit motive. But their audience is the people who hate that, and want to overturn it. LPP's efforts are in the best tradition of American Free Enterprise. It should be no surprise that the Greenies aren't much interested in it, even though it promises everything that they claim to want. If they wanted a clean energy future, where the hell are they???

The profit motive will work for this, provided that their research succeeds. Even if they don't, it is worth a try. The amount to invest is really small, and the reward could be unlimited. This pitch would be the best approach to follow.

Going down the road of hatred is ignoble, and it is base. It will not produce the results desired, if those are the results truly desired.

It's a shame. If this goes bust, I lose a couple hundred bucks. I can deal with that. Like I said before, it's low risk, high reward. For a couple hundred, a person could get on the ground floor of something really big. The sky would be the limit.