Nakamotto to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoSwiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a laserwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkSwiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a laserwww.nature.comNakamotto to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@culprit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoIs there any feasible tech that can harvest energy from a lightning bolt? Maybe a molten salt type thing?
minus-square@mcesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-22 years 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@culprit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years 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.
sounds like a supplement renewable energy if you can harvest it cheaply