I love the joy of discovery, myself. I worked in R&D for forty years, six of them directly related to hydrogen energy. I want as much as anyone for breakthroughs to happen. But things like this that are so full of holes defame and do a disservice to genuine advances. Here is just one example:
an independent source measured the flame's temperature, which exceeds 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, reflecting an enormous energy output.
TEMPERATURE is not HEAT Energy. This is a frequent pitfall for novice energy inventors, even sincere ones! A reviewer reading a publication at this point would throw up their hands.
Whenever there is a ferocious demand for something, Bad Reasoning appears, whether it is Energy issues, Ethanol/Gasoline mixtures, The Internet Bubble, Vitamin megadoses,"Climate Change" etc..
Yes, I do jump on these, because people may invest in them with tragic results, or pin hopes on them that disappoint, at the least. I believe it to be an ethical matter. I should not CARE any more, I suppose, because I did retire last year, but the real cynicism is not in people who respond to these shrouded opportunities, but is instead comitted by people who try to capitalize on the failure of Science Education in order to extract money. That is cynicism in a cold-blooded form.
Have you been to the lab and check out this divice?
I very much agree with your last point