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There’s not plenty of energy in a lightning strike. https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/is-there-a-way-to-harness-electricity-from-lightning/ ht

by dd36 4y ago

There’s not plenty of energy in a lightning strike. https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/is-there-a-way-to-harness-electricity-from-lightning/ https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/is-there-...

HPsquared 4y ago
Funnily enough it's about the same order of magnitude as the fusion event discussed in this TFA: about 1 MJ. Energy from one hohlraum ≈ energy from two lightning strikes