"Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity"
Ok, the earth is hit by lightening roughly 200 times per second. If we can take this power from the lightening we could use the energy to power out everyday electronic goods, meaning that we wouldn't have to rely on fossil fuels which of course cause ''global warming''
I have provided a diagram which is too scale.
(Joke image aside, if we could use the 200 lightening hits per second as usable electric/energy we could help 'save' the earth)
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Thread: I *know* how to save the world.
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I *know* how to save the world.
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So, basically we have some random alien things with grey hair, transporting boxes to a man with no face and Jeremy Clarkson is doing one journey for one of them as we have "POOOWEEEERRR".
Can you imagine catching lightning?
"Honey, I caught some"
*Lighten strikes*
ZZZZZTTTTTTT
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the diagram was just a bit of fun
read the text
Originally Posted by Cardiff.City
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That's actually a pretty good idea but I'm sure you aren't the first person to think of that so there's probably problems with doing it..
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And how are we supposedto predict exactly where the lightening is going to hit? o.0
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i think we use soo much electricty even 200 lightening bolts a second would charge it all up and sorry for bad rgammr i cant be botherd lol
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No, but if you had large metal beacons or something dotted around the earth, if you catch maybe 30 an hour that would still be a hell of alot of electricity.
Originally Posted by Below.
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17-04-2008, 10:08 PM #8
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Why do think they have lightning conductors for? (Not all do this though.. it'd be way too dangerous having approximately 30,000 celcius currents going through the ground from every bolt)
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The size of the earth in comparison to the amount of lightning is huge. Pretty impossible.
Doubt everything, even this.
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Thinking about it, Ashley is right
We cant get enough electricity to power the whole world with lightening aloneLast edited by 360; 18-04-2008 at 01:30 PM.
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