I attempted something similar in my recent diary - ET's 20 Big Ideas

Thanks for reminding me of that diary.  I know that list was preliminary, but that was very much what I had in mind.

And I know there have several other diaries like that one.  A lot of work has been done already.  The Debates section and Migeru's Occasional Series.  Also, rg's ET Diaries, Migeru's Bootstrapping the ET think tank,  and Paul Spencer's ET Think Tank draft summary - Draft # 2, and no doubt I am leaving out many other efforts.  And there already have some quasi "position papers", such as the Energize America and the EU Energy Green Paper Consultation response that afew led.  

Okay, I'd better read through these again first.

(I just noticed afew's comment about the agriculture position paper(s) and list of diaries.)

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