Nakamotto to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoSwiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a laserwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1111arrow-down1external-linkSwiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a laserwww.nature.comNakamotto to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@culpritlinkEnglish9•10 months agoIs there any feasible tech that can harvest energy from a lightning bolt? Maybe a molten salt type thing?
minus-square@mcesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-210 months agoTurns out there’s only about 0.25 kW of energy in a lightning bolt - which costs maybe 5-10 cents in the US - so it’s not really worth it.
minus-square@culpritlinkEnglish0•10 months agosounds like a supplement renewable energy if you can harvest it cheaply
Is there any feasible tech that can harvest energy from a lightning bolt? Maybe a molten salt type thing?
Turns out there’s only about 0.25 kW of energy in a lightning bolt - which costs maybe 5-10 cents in the US - so it’s not really worth it.
Since 1985 everybody knows it’s 1.21 GW.
sounds like a supplement renewable energy if you can harvest it cheaply