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Since wind turbine fields presumably are going to get bigger and bigger, why not take advantage and use the opportunity to deploy lightning harvesting equipme
by LWIRVoltage 5y ago
Since wind turbine fields presumably are going to get bigger and bigger, why not take advantage and use the opportunity to deploy lightning harvesting equipment? After all, prior attempts showed that the only limiting factor that needed to be addressed was scale, and it'd work. ..
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy
I will note that it takes finesse, as one will notice from watching other attempts to lightning. .. whenther its universities or. ..not-smart people on YouTube trying to do it, the electrical situation needs to be optimal. .. and it helps if you directly charge a potential at your target area, in order to get good odds...
Otherwise, launching rockets with wire into thunderheads is not a gaurantee you will get a strike, as you might accidentally just bleed away the electrical potential, lightning rod style
- jacksonkmarley 5y agoAs the wikipedia article notes, you don't get much energy from lightning because it's such a short duration. Interesting for research though.