Is there any research going into harnessing lightning?
Sunday, June 13, 2004 by I.R. Brainiac | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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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I.R. Brainiac
Reply #2 Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:33 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:33 PM
I have yet to place my ass available to the grid 
IPlural
Reply #6 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:19 AM
Reply #6 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:19 AM
no they research lightening and have for a number of years 
But, if you go a bit further south along the beach in Sarasota to the Island they will do that for you if you like. Hell you would probably end up being very popular too
But, if you go a bit further south along the beach in Sarasota to the Island they will do that for you if you like. Hell you would probably end up being very popular too
yrag
Reply #7 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:23 AM
Reply #7 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:23 AM
Indeed...I think I need to get down there a little more often....I hear Key West is a good place to get kabobed these days....
IPlural
Reply #9 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:28 AM
Reply #9 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:28 AM
Should have said, anyone playing Light Bright would be very popular
mmmm, don't have to go as far as the Keys though
hehehehe
mmmm, don't have to go as far as the Keys though
hehehehe
WebGizmos
Reply #10 Monday, June 14, 2004 6:39 AM
Reply #10 Monday, June 14, 2004 6:39 AM
I've heard it said that being struck by lightning could endow someone with special powers. So I stood out in the rain and lightning, purely as research, and after being struck I can tell you that the only ability I was endowed with was the ability to shake on the ground and sh#t my pants...will I use it for good or evil?...I don't know! 
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NightTrainthedark
Reply #11 Monday, June 14, 2004 6:52 AM
Reply #11 Monday, June 14, 2004 6:52 AM
If they did find a way to trap and harness lightning, wouldn't they take that knowledge and turn it into a weapon? Just a paranoid thought.
Aleatoric
Reply #13 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:47 PM
Reply #13 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:47 PM
There's a place in New Mexico or Arizona (IIRC) that is doing research into lightning. They launch small rockets trailing a wire to ground as a path for the lightning to strike and then make measurements, etc.
The problem with harnessing lightning would be the storage of the energy without destroying what it is that you want to store the energy in. You'd need something that could absorb an immense amount of energy in a very short period of time (like a relativistic flashlight).
The problem with harnessing lightning would be the storage of the energy without destroying what it is that you want to store the energy in. You'd need something that could absorb an immense amount of energy in a very short period of time (like a relativistic flashlight
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Aleatoric
Reply #14 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:48 PM
That sounds evil to me
Reply #14 Monday, June 14, 2004 12:48 PM
| I can tell you that the only ability I was endowed with was the ability to shake on the ground and sh#t my pants...will I use it for good or evil?...I don't know! |
That sounds evil to me
yrag
Reply #17 Monday, June 14, 2004 7:46 PM
Reply #17 Monday, June 14, 2004 7:46 PM
Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!....you're not stickin' that up my ass, John 
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I.R. Brainiac
Reply #20 Monday, June 14, 2004 11:25 PM
Reply #20 Monday, June 14, 2004 11:25 PM
I was thinking maybe a giant capacitor.(quick charge,slow release)
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:27 PM