I never suggested we should use more energy getting iy out than we profit by it.
But it might be a viable alternative. Especially since using microwaves “cooks out” the lighter, more volatile compounds and leaves the heavier, more sulfur-laden residues behind.
Thinking-outside-the-box kinda stuff.
Yes, technology will have to catch up to make it commercially viable at the larger scale.
According the report which this article references, we are not there yet.