Can you harness the power of lightning

Can we use heat generated from an air conditioner or refrigerator? Could we use exercise machines as energy sources? How do birds sit on high-voltage power lines without getting electrocuted? Can sound be converted to useful energy?

Is it possible to collect energy from foot traffic? What happens to electricity when nothing is plugged into an outlet? Browse all questions. Is there a way to harness electricity from lightning? Posted: March 23, Harnessing lightning can be part of a combination of clean energy sources that can diminish the use of fossil fuels worldwide.

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Team proposal: Only members listed on the proposal's Contributors tab will be able to edit this proposal. Members can request to join the proposal team on the Contributors tab. But actually, only a fraction of that energy is in the form of electrical current—much of the energy goes to heating the air. And the process of storing the energy in a battery and then retrieving it is pretty inefficient.

So, now you need a few strikes per household per month, and in the end, even if we could find a way to capture, store, and use the energy, it would power only about 0. All Rights Reserved. Menu About Contacts Directions.