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The more i read about this, the more I become convinced that this is definitely *not* pseudoscience. One reason for this is because of two documents posted on their website, dating back to the 80’s. The discussion, at the time, was between the dutch scientific establishment and the founder of Convectron. Basically, the structure of the arguments brought to bear against the proposed plasmoid model mirrors the arguments that were being used on wikipedia discussion forum against Eric Lerner’s explanation of the plasmoid formation and decay in the DPF. Especially the virial theorem is mentioned a lot. To my (formally untrained eyes) this means people were puting mathematics *before* observation. Saying that something cannot exist because the formulas don’t predict it. We know that is a definite mind-killer. Indeed, the reply of the guy seems reasonable: the other guys are using oversimplified mathematics, we have more advanced theories explaining that etc. etc. Mind you, this discussion took place back in the 80’s!

Now my question is: when they mention plasma filaments consisting of electrons condensed in their ground state, are they speaking of more or less the same mechanism as Eric Lerner when he mentions the strong magnetic field effect? ‘Cause, in that case, their model, besides remarkable differences, also shows a striking similarity with the plasmoid model used by LPP…