The main reason to suspect that this truly annoying press release is not LENR is because the inventor emphatically supplies his own theory as an alternative - which he steadfastly considers NOT to involve the nucleus.
But Mills could be wrong about M.O. and right about the gain (or wrong about both). The method of operation is a self-serving opinion for now which has ramifications for IP but is independent of the reality of net energy gain . and given 23 years of hyperbole, failed promises and disappointing results - Mills presently has about the same level of credibility as Andrea Rossi when it comes to the underlying science. Which is not to say that he has not found finally something of extreme value, but only that he does not understand it very well himself, even as the inventor. Rossi is in the same category. No inventor, no matter how brilliant, gets to automatically make the final scientific determination about how his device functions. He may insist that he designed it to function in a certain manner, but that is not enough. If the device is gainful, then BLP may get most of the financial benefit of the invention - but there is only a slight presumption that he understands the science and the exact nature of gain. In this case and given the history - it is entirely possible that this device will be found to be both gainful AND that the hydrino will be found to be a fiction, at least as Mills' understands it. CIHT could end up being best explained as a variety of LENR - one in which the excess energy comes from conversion of nuclear mass into energy. In fact, there is a risk to BLP to insist that it is not LENR. From: James Bowery A truly annoying press release. Nothing about "continuous" or "sustained" power. Nothing about the energy in represented by that "12,000 amps". The "12,000 amps" is stated as though we're supposed to be impressed at the large number when it is talking in terms of input to the system and could easily represent 10MW or more instantaneous power. Who writes these things? Peter Gluck wrote: This, this time seems to be remarkable progress- if true: http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/BlackLight+Power+Announces+Game+Ch anging+Achievement+Generation+Millions/9384649/story.html Not LENR, but energy Peter
