Why won't the department of energy support my research?

I have a very novel concept that I think the department of energy would want to support but I just can't seem to convince them of its merit. Can anybody help me out? I was thinking that we should dig up all the founding fathers and wrap them in copper wire. We would then rebury them, but line the long sides of their graves with magnets. We would then blast news coverage at them 24 hours a day. I'm pretty sure the constant spinning would induce a current that could power the eastern seaboard, and we could experiment to see whether CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, BBC, or some other station increased or decreased the generation rate. I've written this up for a number of RFP's but they never even rate me. It's absolutely green, relatively simple, and would finally capitalize on the two party system. Why won't they support me?