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Swiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a laser
(www.nature.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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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.