I agree with Mark, they tried and in reality it works.
They could have used a bond bushing or a pipe clamp around the end of the EMT, anything that would join the conduit and conductor together so they would in essence become a single conductor.
Surfinsparky, the GEC can be bare or insulated.
250.62 Grounding Electrode Conductor Material
The grounding electrode conductor shall be of copper, aluminum, or copper-clad aluminum. The material selected shall be resistant to any corrosive condition existing at the installation or shall be suitably protected against corrosion. The conductor shall be solid or stranded, insulated, covered, or bare.
The reason for bonding both ends of the metallic conduit sleeve is so it will be in parallel with the GEC and negate the increased impedance caused by the separation of the two conductive paths, which in turn will reduce a "choke effect".
Bonding them together will actually lower the impedance to a lower value than the conductor alone.
Roger
