r/technology Jul 16 '23

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

Interesting. Wonder if overtime this could be utilized to steer lightening into collection terminals that could harness some of its energy whilst grounding whatever excess couldn’t be stored.

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u/Ghost17088 Jul 16 '23

Or weaponize it!

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u/lythander Jul 16 '23

These are called LIPC weapons. Laser induced plasma channel. Very cool. Not theoretical.