Faced with such opposition, how does one go about getting "a nascent energy source out to the people"?
Yes. Some ideas in outline form, developed in discussions these past several months -- and certainly open for comment and improvement:
0. Open-source development without media hype for as long as possible. This means:
no patents sought and no media publicity in early stages. (Notice how many energy enthusiasts ignore or violate this step; Pons and F. come to mind.)
1. Seek for
distributed production in as many towns and countries as possible during the early stages of production. Build and go viral quickly.
2. Fair-profits for local builders, quietly making and selling to neighbors, friends.
3. Recognize that this is a silent, peaceful revolution... and will eventually be noticed and attacked by an establishment which seeks to maintain profits and status-quo.
4. When the production is diversified and well established --- OR as opposition begins to attempt to squash the movement, THEN agree that on a certain hour, producers around the world will
seek favorable publicity in their local media. This is where prizes should be announced and publicized. With replicators and homeowners around the world attesting to the success of the product, it should be impossible to stop everywhere, and should keep spreading.
5. Getting political candidates, environmental and other groups to recognize and espouse the nascent energy systems should provide a further boost.
6. Expect and allow for copy-cat manufacturing, to bring the price down and availability up, world-wide. At some point, the local manufacturers become distributors and help maintain the new system of energy.
7.
With homes then communities going off-grid and driving in zero-fossil-fuel vehicles, the power literally becomes decentralized. Encourage political power, food production and water sources likewise to de-centralize and come back to the local level as much as possible. Again, what is proposed is a peaceful, new-energy driven revolution, empowering the people and families of the world.
Think Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington... men with a vision and an evolving plan... that worked, with the help of God.The attached photo was taken in about 2002 -- I'm the guy on your right, and my friend is from Mali taking solar funnel cookers back home with him.