Bottom line: If it works it will find a market. If it doesn't work it will remain fringe.
Even if potential collaborators were to ignore the frankly epic amounts of pseudo-science, eclectic new age mysticism and (to put it politely) original thinking that Malcolm Bendall advocates (see NorCal Dave's original post)
I had to look up the Plasmoid energy system myself
...it's possible some might be put off by criticisms of Mr Bendall's past business endeavours.
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THE company headed by would-be oil and gas tycoon Malcolm Bendall and his senior geologist have been named in the worldwide data leaks known as the Panama Papers.
The revelations, although not proof of any wrongdoing, could open old wounds for what is estimated to be dozens of Tasmanian investors who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after Mr Bendall's search for oil and gas in the Central Highlands – which he says was prompted by a vision from God – failed.
And they come as the State Government is just weeks from deciding whether to give Mr Bendall a gas and oil exploration licence for Tasmania's Central Highlands – a region he once told Tasmanian investors had enough oil to rival a "rich Arab state."
"Oil man Malcolm Bendall's company named in Panama Papers",
The Mercury (Australian newspaper), Matt Smith 29/05/16
https://www.themercury.com.au/news/...s/news-story/0708557653ff792834c17aaaee677573
The report continues, and repeats that there is no proof of wrongdoing on Mr Bendall's part, but I don't think the tone of the article is particularly supportive of Mr Bendall. (He didn't get his exploration licence, see quote below).
Here's a pic of Bendall from an earlier
Mercury article:
In "Will Malcolm Bendall launch a new religion?",
Tasmanian Times, 24/09/16, Chris Sharples writes (bold as per original):
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Tasmania's own wannabe oil baron Malcolm Bendall1 has spent over 30 years convincing people to give him their money to pursue what I consider to be a grand delusion of finding vast quantities of oil in Tasmania on the basis of a supposed vision from God.
In refusing to renew a licence for the latest company linked to Bendall to explore Tasmania for what is now one of the world's least desirable energy resources, oil (The Mercury, 8th Sept. 2016), the State Government has finally done what it should have done decades ago.
Now I can't help wondering what Malcolm's next move will be? He's perennially claimed to be just on the verge of something really big since at least 1983 (when he bored me in the Doghouse Pub about the big oil rig that was on its way from Texas to strike oil big-time on Bruny Island really, really soon; fortunately for me I already knew enough about Malcolm back then to know where to file that information).
Malcolm has managed to suck some pretty big egos into joining his little scheme at various stages along the way, possibly allowing them to prove that they weren't really as smart as they thought they were, as there has never been a return on investment.
Given Malcolm's purported visions from God, it seems to me that Malcolm's logical next move could be to start a new religion. Starting a religion has always been a good way to make money and gain power. I wonder whether Malcolm has already been writing his scriptures, ready for them to be "revealed" to him in his next chat with God?
Chris Sharples concludes,
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If Malcolm does indeed come through with a new religion, he might contribute something of actual value to society. He will give psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists the opportunity to observe and better understand a contemporary example of the ways in which religions originate and take hold in the minds of the gullible and insecure.
The Tasmanian's byline for the article reads,
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Chris Sharples is a geomorphologist at the University of Tasmania where he dabbles in researching the effects of sea-level rise on coasts. He is also interested in trying to spot elephants in rooms and state the bleeding obvious about them.
Of course, none of this has any direct bearing on whether the "Thunderstorm generator" is useful in any way.
But it seems Mr Bendall has been optimistically chasing "the next big thing" for quite a while now, not always with success for his investors.
I've just found this- I don't think it really adds anything new, but it confirms Mr Bendall's ideas are perhaps unconventional.
Only watch if you have a strong appetite for nonsensical woo.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvI1Hv7DD98
"Come Carpentier in Conversation with Malcolm Bendall, Randall Carlson, Samadhi Lewis, Mike Robertson", uploaded by YouTube user India Foundation approx. 8 months ago. Malcolm Bendall from 26:30.
A representative quote from Bendall, at 38:06,
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...the last plasmoid generator, that I can find in recent times was built by King Solomon...