1st topic yes, 2nd topic I don't know!!

If he was trolling he is pretty creative I must say.

Quote from speedway :

I'll give you a hint...

I want a penguin

I agree, very creative. It does kinda make sense to me but alas, i am no engineer.

its not like the electric supercharger idea is bad in principle and hes also right about the turbo comming at a cost (and thats without factoring in the intake obstruction and additional intake length a turbo causes at low revs)
hes just grossly underestimating the power needed to compress the masses of air an engine will swallow

i vaguely remember that there was some ww2 plane that had a supercharger which was just there to give the engine enough power to spool the turbo