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this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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Could this technology be used to harness some power from lightning strikes down the road? I don't know what the power requirements are of the lasers, but I know that lightning has a lot. If there was a way to direct that to some sort of collection facility, that would be pretty neat. Bonus points if there was a way to promote conditions for lightning strikes in the first place.
In theory yes but it wouldn’t be a very reliable source of energy, it might be viable if there were batteries to charge that could then be released into the grid however
Sure. I suppose battery technology probably has to jump quite a bit before that would be feasible, amongst what I assume are many other issues.
Yup! There’s a few hurdles but it’ll get there!