It always amazes me after all this time how people write on the internet. We know by now that it is really easy to be misunderstood because we can't see tone. If you think someone is just being negative, I find it works (if they are not just a troll) to ask them a direct question to explain what they meant, explaining that I am a beginner. In person we can quite often see the impact our words have since we have developed language in person for tens of thousands of years. Most of us on forums love the subject and are here to help, not shoot down ideas.
In this case many of the suggested ideas have been tried and we that have played with electrics for some time keep hearing from people who think electricity is magic so you can get energy for free. So anytime someone heads in that direction, it is easy for us to assume that is where things are going.
Good luck with your experiments and keep us informed.