I agree, Correct Don Yeomans did not suggest the Electric Comet... never said he did.
Wallace Thornhill has developed this theory based on plasma/solar wind interaction.... of which i originally presented #1, and IEEE paper above
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The presence of the OH radical may be due to combination of sputtered negative oxygen ions from the comet nucleus with solar 'wind' protons and is consistent with the lack of water ice observed on comet nuclei
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This is a distinctly different model... this says the OH does not come from the comet-water-ice-sublimation, but from a solar wind / plasma ion interaction with oxygen from the comet.
In a nutshell this means... we've detected OH in the spectrograph of cometary tails... so we think "wow i think thats water there"... but then the plot thickens... because we find 99.95% absence of surface water, and a range of other features not consistent with consensus.... another word for this is "surprising"
Wallace's theory explains why when we visit a comets surface, or slam a 400kg projectile into the surface we see no increase in that OH spectrum, or any visible water ice subsurface, or a even smooth sublimated object (as Don's expert associate mentioned is required by sublimating mainstream).
Wallace's theory is also consistent with the double flash, the blinding of cameras, the large puff of "surprizingly" fine dust, the discharge of filaments from the non-sun-facing side, filaments themselves
(birkeland currents), large spikes and uneven surface features, comet brightening beyond 4AU
(whipple's limit).
It's a theory that made distinct, published
predictions well before observations.
As mentioned the electrical (plasma) solutions to cosmological questions are now being examined at NASA, and to swiftly label them as "crack pot" is misleading and irresponsible, especially since
none of the links or people you mention are part of Wallace Thornhill's specific theory. You've just merely pointed out some unrelated theory, to try and detract from this specific one.
This is what warranted the clarification.