Who is Malcolm Bendall?

Plain definition

The short version

Strike Foundation, the group that publishes his notes, describes him as an “Australian inventor, geochemist and ‘prophet of nature’.” This site uses “Malcolm Bendall” or “the inventor” for him.

He is the person behind the Thunderstorm Generator, a three-part add-on for small engines, and behind a larger theory about plasmoids and atoms called the Plasmoid Unification Model. Both are covered in the explainers linked below.

Inventor claim

How his foundation describes him and his work

Strike Foundation Guarantee Limited says it is a not-for-profit entity formed to hold, manage and commercialize the intellectual property (IP) rights of Bendall. It adds that he has instructed it to publish his IP openly, so his notes and diagrams are posted on its site.

The foundation says Bendall released years of research after his work was introduced to a wide audience on the Joe Rogan Experience by Randall Carlson on November 11, 2022. It says the release includes 20 parts of draft notes: diagrams of his inventions, possible uses, initial test results and analysis of the Thunderstorm Generator, his Planetary Octave Sequences, his model of the elements, and more.

These are the foundation’s statements about its own founder’s work. They are not independent findings.

Plain definition

His published oil-and-gas geology paper

Strike Foundation points to a 2015 paper in The APPEA Journal, “Seeing through the dolerite — seismic imaging of petroleum systems, Tasmania, Australia.” It says Bendall led the paper and wrote it with four other geologists (Paul Heath, Clive Burrett, Andrew Stacey and Enzo Zappaterra).

APPEA is Australia’s national oil and gas industry body. The paper is about underground rock layers and oil prospects. It is a different field from engine heat, water vapor or plasmoids, so it says nothing either way about the Thunderstorm Generator.

Measured

What has been measured

No measurement tests the person. Measurements test devices. The main university test is an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University master’s (M.S.) thesis from 2026 that built and tested a Thunderstorm Generator retrofit.

It found a lower fuel-use rate in a small-generator test and a smaller carbon monoxide (CO) reading in an idle test. Its author wrote that the work “did not conclusively validate” the inventor’s own numbers. It did not test the plasmoid theory itself.

Outside commentary

What outside writers say

Brian Dunning, writing for the Skeptoid podcast on December 16, 2025, argues that the Thunderstorm Generator is an exhaust-heat riser plus water injection, and that its explanations are not physics. Our page on the critics sets out his technical points beside the supporters’ view.

Plain definition

How to read anything written about him

Sort each source into one of four groups. Strike Foundation and the sellers’ sites are the inventor’s side. Skeptoid and similar pieces are outside commentary. A thesis or lab report with its method shown is a measurement. And this site’s own pages are explanation.

Judge each group for what it can show. A foundation can tell you what the inventor claims. A critic can tell you where the explanation looks weak. Only a measurement can tell you what an engine did.