Why aren't cities dotted with 3,000 foot towers designed to capture lightning discharges and store them?
Too much voltage too quick?
Is there such a device...(and in a self-answering query) and if not, WHY not?
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2007-02-06 00:24:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
There is such a device. However, it is very impractical to store such great amounts of electricity effectively in such a short time. Also, the building would have to be able to withstand such a massive electric shock. This idea could soon become a reality with new materials recently invented.
2007-02-06 00:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such device. There's too much power and it happens too quickly to charge a batter or something like that. Any device like that would vaporize. Your question is similar to asking why can't we store the energy from an exploding stick of dynamite.
2007-02-06 00:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lightning arresters did not really arrest lightning; they just provide path for lightning to pass safely and to provide a high resistance path when the energy of the surge have been dissipated. The energy of a lightning surge is so large and only ocurring in a very short time; hence, nobody will attempt to store that unless he wants to destroy his installation.
2016-05-23 23:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by Betsy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.whynot.net/ideas/1209
2007-02-06 00:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by mdlbldrmatt135 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lightning is so powerful that we have nothing that can hold it's fury
it's just too dangerious
2007-02-06 11:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by macgyver 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋