can lightning be an alternative source of energy?

Question

harnessing energy out of lightning

Answer 1

It would be diffcult to predict where to harness it and the supply would be irregular also how do you control such a huge voltage.

Answer 2

well, there's a decent amount of energy in a lightning bolt. However, lightning is not reliable enough to be used as a good source of energy. Unlike the sun, you can never tell when lightning will be around for the harnessing.

Now, it may be possible to build something like a giant tower to take advantage of the static potential between the atmosphere and the ground...it's always there even when lightning isn't flashing...but i haven't much of an idea as to how one might successfully accomplish that.

Answer 3

This type of energy is harnessable, but would be very difficult to remain stable. Lightning is simply an unorganized bolt of energy and electricity. However, such an energy source would not be practical. Lightning storm weather is more occuring in some differant parts of the world. Also, there are differant kinds of lightning, each having a differant electrical charge capacity. But the theory is very sounding.

Answer 4

It is certainly true that "lightening" is energy...it's extremely high voltage which arcs between the clouds and the ground. If man could find a way to "harness" the energy of lightening, you can be without a doubt that we would use lightening as an energy alternative. We can never know however "exactly" where lightening is going to "strike" next...nor do we, as a people, want to live in an enviroment where it only lightenings and thunders and rains all of the time. It is "lightening" that causes the clouds to "drop" their "rain"...so who would want that enviroment? Certainly not me. We have always known that lightening is a high "source" of energy...but we have no way of "harnessing that energy.

Answer 5

and look at each and every of the forests (wood) it may shop from lightning brought about wooded area fires? First, you like a "key" and then a kite! It labored for Ben Franklin! The taking photos of comparable is the concern! i think of, you're able to desire to paintings on the source of the electricity generated that way. The sunlight warming the air, and its circulation upward, as interior the wind turbines, it somewhat is a greater controllable source, or perhaps flowed. look at those wind turbines, placed interior the passes top-rated right into a desolate tract area! Wind is generated as a results of fact the sunlight heats the air interior the desolate tract factors, and air (wind) flows in to fill the void created! it somewhat is inexpensive (sunlight gentle) and clean, (no burning of fuels required) and after the fee of the "followers" turbines, different that maintenance, it somewhat is loose! Now, you will have problems with people who do no longer think of those wind turbines are some thing that they want of their lower back backyard, or ocean view! you're able to ask Ted Kennedy approximately that one! that is interior the e book, "Do As I Say, (no longer As I Do)" via Peter Schweizer.

Answer 6

No, although lightining is a very powerful energy source it is not predictable enough to create a dependable energy source

Answer 7

It is and it can kill people and destroy property.. It can B harnessed but the cost exceeds all other forms of energy harnessing.

Answer 8

There's this guy who for the purposes of filming lighting strikes built a huge grid. It worked so well they are researching it further for these puposes. Can't remember what the site was called, might have been simply "lightening strikes", anyway, google it (can I say goggle here) :)

Answer 9

You know, there was this crazy guy who flew a kite into a lightning storm with a metal key, and we all know what happened to him...

Answer 10

Nope