Google “elastocaloric heat pump efficiency” thats the technical term.

Some sources claim much higher efficiency. This makes sense to me since you are not limited by your coolant’s properties so much and don’t have to maintain pressure. But I can’t do in depth research for you.

You can’t. It’s a different kind of heat pump.

If it is more efficient than vacuum-compression it’s good.

Most refrigerants are extremely toxic and extreme green house gasses. But there are safer alternatives, eg. CO2.

Pretty sure it’s fun for the actors. I don’t get watching it though.

Private if you trust the provider. Any system can be breached.

Yes. But you can still have a private VM in the cloud.

We do need a rigorous review process. Just accepting substandard papers and mal attribution from a bum duck nowhere “university” is unacceptable.

That being said the current way of monetization and margins are also bad. And we might need higher standards.

Are you shitting me right now?