> but I don’t believe running this thing all day long on a public beach is the primary goal.

So it will create more waste than it will ever dispose of.

> not a commercial product which should be picked apart as flawed.

This is hacker news. It does not matter if your product is "commercial" or not. If it has flaws, they will be discussed here, we are not obligated to be cheerleaders for ideological solutioneering.