Okay, then on what basis are you saying it can’t possibly work?
Well it can't, can it? I mean, if it worked somebody would have already discovered it, right? So if this guy claims to have discovered it now, then he couldn't have, because somebody else would have already, and we know they didn't. So clearly it's a hoax.
In point of fact, it sounds like the guy may have come up with a neat trick. Whether it's a useful trick remains to be seen.