For the record, I'm in no way convinced this is real. But mechanics and engineers work within the frameworks that they have been educated in. They largely do not veer off into exploring other ways of developing new systems. Breakthrough discoveries are ALWAYS made on the fringes of society.

New paradigms of energy will be outside of what people are taught in universities, and likely through exploring what people have looked into in the past - such as Tesla (not the car manufacturer).

The problem is there is a lot of fakery, so trying to discern what is and isn't real can be difficult for the layman, like you and I. At some point someone will discover something new, and all the indoctrinated folks will scream FAKE without any examination or re-examination of what they think they know. I think there are numerous examples of this, even in our lifetimes, where someone creates something new, and they are pretty quickly silenced, bought off or eliminated because there are much larger parties with interests to protect.

There are absolutely people working on some interesting ideas today, and these tend to be based on concepts and principles that are not accepted within mainstream science, which is part of why they are so easily and quickly dismissed. So while it is important to remain vigilant of scammers, it is equally important to remain open-minded, despite what 'educated' people will tell you.

Over-unity is a thing, and I believe the concepts of magnetism have a huge part to play in many unknown, yet to be discovered or re-discovered technologies.