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My name is Ryan Allen McCormac and while doing research on a school project, I happend to see your Q&A sight (I was very impressed by the ten year old with the new accelerator idea!). I wanted to inform you though that there has actually been research done in using lightning as a voltage source.
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www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/lightning2.html
www.fnal.gov/pub/inquiring/questions/lightning2.html
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[Archive] Lightning as a power source Computing & Technology.
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www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-4742.html
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But if you did put a big lightning rod up in the air, and waited for a lightning bolt, you COULD store the charge of the lightning bolt. This would be on a big "capacitor", sort of a jar which holds charge. you could then bleed this stored charge off slowly at a later time, to get a direct current, like a big battery.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99006.htm
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The equipment needed to store the energy would probably not fit with the decor of your living room, and if lightning were your only source of electrical power, you would find yourself in the dark during dry spells."
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peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Lightning_Power
peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Lightning_Power
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Lightning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. In the atmospheric el...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning
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On Wednesday February 1st, the Power Lunch series continued at the Lightning Source facilities in LaVergne, Tennessee. Massey students, alumni and Dr. Ian Stewart had the opportunity to meet with Kirby Best, President and CEO of Lightning Source, and Charles Marshall, Senior Vice President and General Manager.
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forum.belmont.edu/eleader/archives/2006/02/belmont_stud...
forum.belmont.edu/eleader/archives/2006/02/belmont_student_1.html
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Title:; Ball Lightning Aerosol Electrochemical Power Source or A Cloud of Batteries ... Keywords:; Ball lightning, Aerosol nanoparticles, Self-assembled clouds, Electrochemical oxidation and combustion, Low-temperature plasma...
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adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007NRL.....2..319M
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MYTH: Lightning could be used as a power source. ... TRUTH: Although a lightning strike involves tremendous levels of voltage and current, the extremely short duration of the stroke results in very little usable energy, if there was a way to capture it.
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www.wvlightning.com/lmwn7.shtml
www.wvlightning.com/lmwn7.shtml
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Lightning Power: It's not just for Flux Capacitors anymore, by Peter Pachal, for DVICE ... Anyone who's seen Back to the Future knows how awesome a power source lightning is. Now an inventor from Illinois is getting serious about harnessing lightning storms as an alternative energy source.
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dvice.com/archives/2007/10/lightning_power_its_not_just...
dvice.com/archives/2007/10/lightning_power_its_not_just_f.php
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