Tvad, I know how you feel, and you should know that I do not feel "established engineering principles" are adequate. The Halcyonic people did try something new and it works. It is not just a rehash of the old spring ideas. I don't respect your holding to inadequate engineering dogma. If something works, there must be a reason even if engineering dogma suggests it doesn't. Suggesting that it is belief in magic or is unscientific is just rhetoric and should hardly be convincing to anyone.
But again, we have been through this before and it has nothing to do with this thread, so I beg you to just let it drop.
But again, we have been through this before and it has nothing to do with this thread, so I beg you to just let it drop.