now I want tornado turbines
Could We Harvest Power From Lightning?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_efsqO-4OoQ
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hiddenuser420@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Been wondering about that.
hotdogthud@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
1.21 gigawatts worth, yeah.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
jigawatts