As I write the rest of this, I realize I'm rapidly falling into wishful thinking as there isn't much time. I wish this had been on my radar a couple of months ago...
I suspect that if any proposal to build WB-8 is chosen to be voted on, then if we can get out the vote, the resulting publicity may generate more interest and funds than the actual contest money.
I agree. I don't expect to see any money awarded to WB-8 because there will be a bunch of other projects with short-term pay-off, and WB-8 is not the one which impacts everyone in 1-2 years. But the generated publicity could be incredibly useful.
But the publicity will not simply happen by itself. There needs to be materials which are aimed at:
1. general public -- how does this affect them
2. venture capitalists -- what needs to be funded, what are the risks
3. science geeks -- how does this compare with other fusion approaches, links to references; this can probably be subdivided further.
I imagine a YouTube video has not been presented. Posting one could be useful, even if it runs more than the contest max 30 seconds. This should be a teaser to point someone to a website that breaks this down alone the three lines I suggested above.
I know there are a number of good websites out there that deal in some respect with polywell fusion. Even the Wikipedia entry is pretty good. But is there one that anyone here owns which would be the starting point for multiple audiences?
Perhaps I should move this to the "Awareness" forum.