Randall Mills of Harvard, who has also studied at MIT, claims to have developed a power source that generates 1000 times more heat than conventional fuel. It is said in reports from the company that independent scientists have verified Mills' claim. The company, Blacklight Power, is supposed to already have tens of millions of dollars in investment lined up and Mills plans to reveal his invention in a few months.
If all of that isn't enough, Mills has announced "hydrino," a new form of Hydrogen where the electron sits closer to the proton than normal. Forming the new hydrogen releases enormous energy. Since having an electron move its orbit closer to the proton violates rules set down in quantum mechanics, Mills simply states that quantum mechanics must be wrong.
Rick Maas, a chemist at the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNC) who specialises in sustainable energy sources, was allowed unfettered access to Blacklight's laboratories this year. ...
... Prof Maas and Randy Booker, a UNC physicist, left under no doubt about Dr Mill's claims. "All of us who are not quantum physicists are looking at Dr Mills's data and we find it very compelling," said Prof Maas. "Dr Booker and I have both put our professional reputations on the line as far as that goes."
Until we have more information it would probably be best to turn our hype and BS filters to their maximum settings. Whenever there is no real detail, lots of wild claims and the promise to reveal all very soon, well, let's just say the burden of proof lies with them.
sources: The Guardian, Blacklight Power
