RE:I'm thinking the new1maginethat,
There is a mosquito in the room but we have to ignore it. Your post is a good change of focus to real world issues.
VRB have to prove the new process in an industrial setting and if it's as good as tested almost everyone benefits. That in part is what the trip to Europe was about but I think there are many interested parties.
If it works in an industrial setting bye bye mosquito.