Could We Harvest Power From Lightning?

a year ago by schnurrito to c/xkcd

hotdogthud 7 points a year ago

1.21 gigawatts worth, yeah.

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Zachariah 1 point a year ago

jigawatts

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hiddenuser420 5 points a year ago

now I want tornado turbines

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shalafi 2 points a year ago

Read Echopraxia! Genius monks have exactly that in the desert powering their facility.

Start with Blindsight first! (Only a 2 books altogether.)

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pastermil 1 point a year ago

Been wondering about that.

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jafffacakelemmy 0 points a year ago

Of course we could. However, a normal lightening bolt contains around 100 dollar's worth of electricity. The cost of the equipment to capture and convert that power would be 100's of thousands of dollars. Combined with the uncertainty of the supply, it'd be a heck of a vanity project.

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