Good questions! You cite other LENR-like behavior. Please describe this in more detail. Remember, LENR is unique in causing a nuclear reaction that results in He-4 gas as the final product. Other kinds of nuclear reaction have been produced in solids but these are not the result of LENR because they do not produce He-4 gas. As far as I know, the LENR reaction has only been detected when a solid material is used.
The EVO is an unusual collection of ions and many electrons. This much is known. It's unlikely they are present in material as an inert structure until activated. Like ball lightning, they are unstable after leaving the source of their creation. I suggest we have many other examples of electrons having the ability to interact in unexpected ways. The behavior of high-temperature superconductors is an example. I believe the theory conventionally applied to the electrons in chemical structures has largely failed because electron interaction was not considered. This is where the Mills theory shows promise.
Thanks for your answer! Well, by LENR-like I meant evidence for excess heat and / or nuclear transmutations, often seen as new elements apparently appearing in the surface of solid materials. This doesn’t mean gaseous elements aren’t produced, just that no one reporting these results has had the gear in place to detect gases.
I used the “LENR like” expression intuitively, to include phenomena that can only be explained involving a nuclear reaction, no matter how impossible current understanding says it may be. Thus, I am happily surprised to learn that you have a much more constrained definition for LENR as reactions that produce He-4. Is good to know that, I wasn’t aware of that.