Quoting Fletcher in the article: "The first type of fake has a “Fixed Energy Content” – such as chemicals or batteries. To detect these, we make it “run out of gas”. How long would that take? To be very, very conservative, assume that the ENTIRE volume of the eCAT contains “Fakium”, that NO space is taken by tanks or burners, and that it is 100% efficient."
Nope, sorry. Such assumptions are not very, very conservative. They are very, very unrealistic, to the point of being a fantasy. As I have said before, the exercise become unhelpful when you assume there is fuel but no tanks or burners. A critique has to be plausible for it to be meaningful. Waving your hands and saying: "suppose there is some kind of fuel that does not require tanks or burners" makes the discussion so hypothetical, and so far removed from how things work, it seems pointless. If we are talking about medical science, this is like saying, "suppose we discover the perfect medicine that cures all diseases and lets people live forever." It is empty speculation. - Jed
