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I wonder if this has implications for geo-engineering projects that want to inject sulfur into the atmosphere. More lightning seems like a problematic side eff
by siliconc0w 1y ago
I wonder if this has implications for geo-engineering projects that want to inject sulfur into the atmosphere. More lightning seems like a problematic side effect.
- Projectiboga 1y agoDoesn't lightning help make ozone? And lightining does help make hydroxyl ions, which help convert airisol methane.
- mrec 1y agoAIUI those plans typically involve injecting e.g. sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere specifically, not the atmosphere as a whole. Lightning can sometimes occur that high, but it's definitely not the norm.
- fragmede 1y ago[flagged]
- ambicapter 1y agoThere's all kinds of weather events in the upper atmosphere, including lightning-like. They're mostly understudied from difficulty in studying them, not because they don't exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper-atmospheric_lightning
- eastbound 1y agoCould also help make lightning rods more efficient. Make them spout sulfur. Wait, that explains why volcanoes always have a cloud full of lightnings too, when they erupt.
- foota 1y agoOkay, I think you're being facetious, but just in case, my understanding is that the lightning from eruptions is a form of static electricity.
- 3eb7988a1663 1y agoAren't there some wild power generation ideas of harvesting lightning?
- lazide 1y agoAverage power output from lightning is terrible, but the spikes are pretty amazing. I think there is only one spot in the planet that gets enough regular lightning to maybe be worth something (a random place in Venezuela, oddly), otherwise it isn’t worth the Capital.