"outside the box thinking" is precisely what con artists want you to engage in whenever they come up with some scheme like this.
nobody was ever too SMART to be scammed, but there were/are a lot of people too DUMB to be taken in. One of the first thing a scammer will do is compliment your intelligence.
the more I think about this the less convinced I am as to it's authenticity. does this guy use a tinfoil hat to keep the government off his case?
Outside the box gave us radio, television, the wheel, car, airplane, ....... Take a look at the following:
http://www.cheniere.org/
It uses the heat pump as a comparison.
Look how many experts were conned by the spoon bender Uri Geller, who by the way is a very close friend to Michael Jackson. Wonder what he bent for him <(¿)>