Lloyd said:
(1) the cosmic microwave background is a local effect;

I don't know much about this. Robitaille seems to make a good case for the CMB coming from the Earth's oceans, simply as one of the other frequencies emitted by 300 K water. Does Verschuur mean "local" like that (i.e., local to us), or does he mean local to the object in the telescope (versus some sort of diffuse after-glow from the big bang)?

 

Lloyd said:
(2) galactic filaments contain excess electrons not produced from ionization of neutral hydrogen H I etc;

That appears to be what he's saying, but I don't start out convinced of this.

 

Lloyd said:
(3) neutral filaments and electron filaments are closely associated;

I have an easier time understanding how +ions and electrons would be closely associated. This might be just my ignorance, and I don't want to discount the data because they don't make sense to me. But considering the extremely vigorous nature of the electric force, charge imbalances out to raise eyebrows.

 

Lloyd said:
(4) the temperature of the filaments or clouds is only about 100 K, rather than the conventionally expected 8,000 K;

I didn't look into this. I certainly agree that 8,000 K black-body radiation isn't going to come from a gas cloud — it can only come from a supercritical fluid. So it has to be coming from inside a star. But I didn't track down why he's saying the gas cloud is only 100 K.

 

Lloyd said:
(5) halo formation involves flashes of Lyman alpha emissions.

I don't know what he means by this.