Perhaps it's all the hype. Multiple daily updates about a pot boiler that takes hours to warm up, or a space heater with a big generator sitting next to it aren't necessary.
That's your logic??
As far as describing the ECAT in hostile terms, do you grasp that if it is real the repercussions are astounding? That explains the interest level - from the impact on our home heating costs to the geopolitical implications for Islam and OPEC and so forth, the ECAT saga is fascinating. You mistake that fascination for 'hype.'