Tesla's one of my heroes. Too bad Edison was such a jerk and suppressed ideas from Westinghouse & Tesla whenever possible. Most of Edison's "inventions" were stolen from his workers; no NDAs needed back then.
Anyway, none of what you says goes against any known physics properties. What you're calling "open system" just encompasses outside variables not included in device being examined. And those outside influences does have an effect, or contribution. Tricky part is gathering empirical data and being able to distinguish external variables.
LEDs are my hobby and passion. I'm actually included in patent with UCSB.
Even though my degree's in ME, I played around with electronics & robotics lots before university. Want to try that rooftop collector idea. But I'm gonna use a rotating wire-mesh, like Dutch windmills. Might as well take advantage of Earth's magnetic field while I'm at it.