Well, let's look at basic economics.
If we want to produce goods...
The revenue gained must be at the very least equal to current costs of production.
That is to say, it need not pay for all the fixed costs of, say, initial investment in the technology.
But the revenue must meet the current ongoing costs of running and maintaining the system.
Preferably there should be some revenue exceeding merely the current costs and actually working towards recouping the initial investment. Profit.
So the question is not whether this technology will work...
...but how well.
Would the power produced justify the expense of putting it in place and maintaining it, given all the difficulties involved?
It probably wouldn't in the real world, but I don't know about the Gundam 00 universe. I know absolutely nothing about it. It might well be that other sources of energy like, I dunno, fossil fuels, are so scarce or otherwise taboo for whatever reason...and people so starved for energy... that they're willing to go through great material expenditure and effort for a power generation mechanism like this.
That is the opportunity cost - the cost of alternatives - is high, and the value placed on power is high. It all depends on the valuation.
-- Acyl
If we want to produce goods...
The revenue gained must be at the very least equal to current costs of production.
That is to say, it need not pay for all the fixed costs of, say, initial investment in the technology.
But the revenue must meet the current ongoing costs of running and maintaining the system.
Preferably there should be some revenue exceeding merely the current costs and actually working towards recouping the initial investment. Profit.
So the question is not whether this technology will work...
...but how well.
Would the power produced justify the expense of putting it in place and maintaining it, given all the difficulties involved?
It probably wouldn't in the real world, but I don't know about the Gundam 00 universe. I know absolutely nothing about it. It might well be that other sources of energy like, I dunno, fossil fuels, are so scarce or otherwise taboo for whatever reason...and people so starved for energy... that they're willing to go through great material expenditure and effort for a power generation mechanism like this.
That is the opportunity cost - the cost of alternatives - is high, and the value placed on power is high. It all depends on the valuation.
-- Acyl