can you really create a black hole battery?

Usually, when scientists see Loeb’s name in the press, their understandable reaction is a low groan. For an Ivy League scientist, he sure likes to make some bizarre claims that seem way more at home in the fever dream of Ancient Aliens, than any scientific journal. But in his search for tiny artificial black holes and the alien civilizations which might one day create them, he may actually be on to something…