Ok Alex;
Just had a good read of the links you posted (I'm keeping an open mind until something comes along to justify my closing it).
Comments:
I get the seemingly crucial comment which seems to underpin most of the hypothesised forces induced by the potential gradient :
"Of most significance is the fact that the voltage gradient, that is the electric field, throughout interplanetary space remains constant."
It seems that this statement (in quotes) is based on extrapolations of a lab test tube, which is a closed system. In space, the system isn't closed and the scales are enormous. Perhaps there's a 'virtual' anode and cathode formed within the Solar envelope, and perhaps there isn't. Perhaps if there is, its a lot weaker than the number quoted. Then again, perhaps it isn't.
I don't have a problem with hypotheses. It doesn't seem to be appropriate to compare a hypothesis against hard data and go on believing the hypothesis is therefore real. Most of my posts about mainstream are about just that. I like to find the real bits and the fairy tales and move forward with that albeit, still incomplete understanding.
It's also not important to Science what people believe or don't believe. As a person, I can still respect believers and their beliefs and still put on my Science cap. Isn't that tremendous?
(I'm not being sarcastic again .. I just reckon that's a pretty cool outlook to have on all this).
Cheers & Rgds.