now I want tornado turbines
Could We Harvest Power From Lightning?
Submitted 1 month ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_efsqO-4OoQ
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hiddenuser420@feddit.dk 1 month ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Read Echopraxia! Genius monks have exactly that in the desert powering their facility.
Start with Blindsight first! (Only a 2 books altogether.)
jafffacakelemmy@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Of course we could. However, a normal lightening bolt contains around 100 dollar’s worth of electricity. The cost of the equipment to capture and convert that power would be 100’s of thousands of dollars. Combined with the uncertainty of the supply, it’d be a heck of a vanity project.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Been wondering about that.
hotdogthud@lemmy.world 1 month ago
1.21 gigawatts worth, yeah.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
jigawatts