Howdy Jones,
Interesting stuff you write, as always, more questions than answers but
that's what makes the mind function.
Once watched an "aurora" video shot at the south pole.The thought came that
a sustained video over a month's time fed into a computer for analysis may
provide an interesting result. What? a repeating pattern that may offer an
insight into several questions you posed and also open up another question
about energy ... does the energy mutate ? Is socalled space dust evidence of
another phase ?
Granted space dust is supposed to come from space <grin> but we sometimes
place too much trust in trust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_borealis
Richard