"That would be very exciting. It would mean you could generate something from nothing," he explained.
What absolute fucking twaddle.

You're not creating something from nothing... you're creating a stable atom from energy. So it's not like it was pulled out of a magic vacuum hat. If there's energy there, it's not a true vacuum. So he's talking out of his arse.

Rip space apart indeed. You might as well be worried about blinding god with that fucking giant laser pen.