> This is a forum for technologists to discuss interesting new ideas. It's not a sci-fi board though. One of the distinguishing characteristics of science and

> This is a forum for technologists to discuss interesting new ideas. It's not a sci-fi board though. One of the distinguishing characteristics of science and technology is that it's usually based on objective data and evidence. If you want to make a claim that something is more efficient than an alternative, you are generally expected to provide measurements and show that hypothesis to be true. If you can't prove a claim at-scale then you can show a model or a small-scale example. Or show an equation that uses known data applied to your model, that explains why you think your claim is true. But there's simply no room for feel-good, trendy, pie-in-the-sky experiments that don't contain any data. That's reminiscent of the viral knee-jerk behavior against plastic straws a few years ago. Somehow people who lived hundreds of miles away from the ocean thought that forgoing straws would have some positive impact on the environment, but it was all for nothing (most of the ocean's trash comes from a handful of third-world countries). I'm not sure if you're aware, but there is a bunch of academic fraud going on and lack of reproducibility in journal publications recently. Adding skepticism is completely warranted given the various levels of academic dishonesty.