I.R. Brainiac I.R. Brainiac

Is there any research going into harnessing lightning?

Is there any research going into harnessing lightning?

Storms here produce an incredible amount of energy...is there not a way to capture lightning in a large capacitor?Convert it to ac and make it available into the grid?
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Reply #26 Top
Yrag/IPlural LMAO. Michael, you of all people, a texan, should know to rope and saddle a bolt of lightning and then break it in would be very difficult.
Reply #27 Top
Wheres Pecos Bill when you need him?
Reply #28 Top
I think he's still scratching out the Grand Canyon.
Reply #29 Top
I think I'll hang around this thread for a while. That one IPlural started, hell, if I read only two of those books I would end up in a permanent state of depression.
Reply #30 Top
Hmmmmmmmmmm. IRB I've got a special assignment for you that will radically challange your rather peculiar intellect. Go outside and hold up a tall metal rod in one hand and a glass rod in the other during a thunderstorm of course. Now, if struck, I want you to come back and tell us all if you felt a tingling sensation or not when you were struck by the lightning. This could end up in some sort of science journal or a medical journal. >
Reply #32 Top
ahh forget that .. if they could harness the energy in my 4 toddlers .. now thered be sum real power ......were talkin ending global energy shortage ..
Reply #33 Top
yes, experiements have been made. just last night walking home from the ballgame, i (and 44,700 other people) got to run like hell, hide, run like hell again as the lightning bolts were forking around us all over the place i've never been so eager to get down into a subway before

Reply #34 Top
Nope.Old Crab,no tingling sensation.Funny,I feel no sensation whatsoever.As a matter of fact,people have been ignoring me all day.Its as if I wasnt there.
Reply #35 Top
Hmmmmmmmmm. Thought I heard somebody. Just a buZZing sound, like a real live wire. >
Reply #36 Top
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt