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Utilizing the energy in lightning is hard, the voltage involved are hard to contain without damaging equipment and you can't charge batteries directly from the
by SigmundA 7y ago
Utilizing the energy in lightning is hard, the voltage involved are hard to contain without damaging equipment and you can't charge batteries directly from the strike so it must be buffered somewhere.
- jsjohnst 7y agoAnd if you have the ability to buffer tens of gigawatts of power, if even for a fraction of a second, in the air while flying, why bother with batteries? (Hints of sarcasm, but some truth there too)