Gather Lightning With "whire-mesh" Dishes

Grey_Wolf · 01-25-2003, 01:43 PM

My idea is to, first of all, have a huge "whire-mesh" dish connected to several smaller dishes by which the lightning could be channelled to fuel-cells. I admit that only a few ergs could "saved" with every lightning-strike, but if one could somehow "lure" the lightning from the clouds into the first dish, a continuous charging of the fuel-cells could be achieved.

Coney · 01-25-2003, 02:54 PM

Or you could just pay your electricity bill like the rest of us

eowyngirl14 · 01-25-2003, 03:03 PM

That is a little too close to rocket science for my liking... I have a mathmidterm on monday I should be studing for...

Grey_Wolf · 01-25-2003, 04:41 PM

So you don't think that harnessing ligthning will do away with oil- and coalburning powerplants, nuclear reactors etc.

eowyngirl14 · 01-25-2003, 04:49 PM

i am sorry... but I think that idea might lead to an increased 'death by electricusion' rate...

But hey? It might be worth a shot!...

Grey_Wolf · 01-25-2003, 05:00 PM

My idea is to build a HUGE dish away from the houses. I did not intend for every house to have a dish nearby.

eowyngirl14 · 01-25-2003, 05:20 PM

so you want to burn down beautiful forests as well? j/k well... there is onlt one way to find out of your idea works or not... TRY IT!

'I have not failed, I have found 10,000 ways that do not work'
-Thomas Edison.

'Genuis is 1% inspiration and 99% persperation'
-Thomas Edison

Grey_Wolf · 01-25-2003, 05:33 PM

It could be placed on the mid-continent plains.

eowyngirl14 · 01-25-2003, 06:09 PM

I have absulutly no idea where the mid-contenent plains are... the middle of what two continents? There are seven of them right? Contenents i mean.

america
africa
europe
...
...
...
...??????

BeardofPants · 01-25-2003, 07:07 PM

Erm. How 'bout Australasia? It was only where LOTR was filmed, for Eru's sake.

eowyngirl14 · 01-25-2003, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by BeardofPants
Erm. How 'bout Australasia? It was only where LOTR was filmed, for Eru's sake.

You must mean that Australasia is a contenent... I am not too stupid to know that lotr was filmed in new zealand... is new zealand in Australasia? i am really bad a geography!

Wayfarer · 01-26-2003, 02:07 AM

Well, in my estimation it's only slightly more fanciful than, say, building a giant inverted plastic funnel and using the sun-heated air that rises into to to power a turbine.

Grey_Wolf · 01-26-2003, 02:25 AM

I'm sorry. I should have specified what continent I meant. The continental US has plains in the middle of it and there is where I meant to place the dish or dishes.

hobinator · 01-26-2003, 03:42 AM

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Originally posted by Wayfarer
Well, in my estimation it's only slightly more fanciful than, say, building a giant inverted plastic funnel and using the sun-heated air that rises into to to power a turbine.

haha, thats a great plan, lol

Gwaimir Windgem · 01-26-2003, 03:47 AM

Eowyn: 7 Continents:

1 Europe
2 Asia
3 North America
4 South America
5 Australia
6 Africa
7 Antarctica

Grey_Wolf · 01-26-2003, 05:37 AM

I really thought that a serious discussion would come out of my idea, but I guess it's too far out.

hobinator · 01-26-2003, 07:03 AM

well heres a serious discussion about it, you cant power stuff from lightning becuase it just sends a sudden surge of electricity, that would have to be harnessed somewhere, and this would be more hassle than benefit, this is also the reason why we have surge protectors, if you power something from lighting it wouldnt get a constant flow of say 120v or what have you, and it would probably destroy whatever it was powering, i know from experience, my friend's house got a surge once, and it blew the tube in their tv, and fried all of their modems.

Grey_Wolf · 01-26-2003, 07:56 AM

I figured lightning was like a very quick wave surging back and forth so that if hit the channelling-post of the titanium-dish (it being the toughest material in the world and probably being able to take a lightning-strike) some of the energy would be retained and could be channelled to the nearby super-fuel-cells.

eowyngirl14 · 01-26-2003, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grey_Wolf
I really thought that a serious discussion would come out of my idea, but I guess it's too far out.

Sorry, I didn't mean to kill your idea... I will go away now!

BeardofPants · 01-26-2003, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Eowyn: 7 Continents:

1 Europe
2 Asia
3 North America
4 South America
5 Australia
6 Africa
7 Antarctica

Australasia. Not Australia. Meeble. NZ always gets left out.

01-25-2003, 01:43 PM	#1
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Gather Lightning With "whire-mesh" Dishes My idea is to, first of all, have a huge "whire-mesh" dish connected to several smaller dishes by which the lightning could be channelled to fuel-cells. I admit that only a few ergs could "saved" with every lightning-strike, but if one could somehow "lure" the lightning from the clouds into the first dish, a continuous charging of the fuel-cells could be achieved.

01-25-2003, 02:54 PM	#2
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Or you could just pay your electricity bill like the rest of us __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

01-25-2003, 03:03 PM	#3
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	That is a little too close to rocket science for my liking... I have a mathmidterm on monday I should be studing for... __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-25-2003, 04:49 PM	#5
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	i am sorry... but I think that idea might lead to an increased 'death by electricusion' rate... But hey? It might be worth a shot!... __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-25-2003, 05:20 PM	#7
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	so you want to burn down beautiful forests as well? j/k well... there is onlt one way to find out of your idea works or not... TRY IT! 'I have not failed, I have found 10,000 ways that do not work' -Thomas Edison. 'Genuis is 1% inspiration and 99% persperation' -Thomas Edison __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-25-2003, 04:41 PM	#4
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	So you don't think that harnessing ligthning will do away with oil- and coalburning powerplants, nuclear reactors etc.

01-25-2003, 05:00 PM	#6
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	My idea is to build a HUGE dish away from the houses. I did not intend for every house to have a dish nearby.

01-25-2003, 05:33 PM	#8
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	It could be placed on the mid-continent plains.

01-25-2003, 06:09 PM	#9
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	I have absulutly no idea where the mid-contenent plains are... the middle of what two continents? There are seven of them right? Contenents i mean. america africa europe ... ... ... ...?????? __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

01-25-2003, 07:07 PM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Erm. How 'bout Australasia? It was only where LOTR was filmed, for Eru's sake. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

01-26-2003, 02:07 AM	#12
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Well, in my estimation it's only slightly more fanciful than, say, building a giant inverted plastic funnel and using the sun-heated air that rises into to to power a turbine. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

01-26-2003, 02:25 AM	#13
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I'm sorry. I should have specified what continent I meant. The continental US has plains in the middle of it and there is where I meant to place the dish or dishes.

01-26-2003, 03:47 AM	#15
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Eowyn: 7 Continents: 1 Europe 2 Asia 3 North America 4 South America 5 Australia 6 Africa 7 Antarctica __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

01-26-2003, 05:37 AM	#16
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I really thought that a serious discussion would come out of my idea, but I guess it's too far out.

01-26-2003, 07:03 AM	#17
hobinator Enting Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 93	well heres a serious discussion about it, you cant power stuff from lightning becuase it just sends a sudden surge of electricity, that would have to be harnessed somewhere, and this would be more hassle than benefit, this is also the reason why we have surge protectors, if you power something from lighting it wouldnt get a constant flow of say 120v or what have you, and it would probably destroy whatever it was powering, i know from experience, my friend's house got a surge once, and it blew the tube in their tv, and fried all of their modems. Last edited by hobinator : 01-26-2003 at 07:04 AM.

01-26-2003, 07:56 AM	#18
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	I figured lightning was like a very quick wave surging back and forth so that if hit the channelling-post of the titanium-dish (it being the toughest material in the world and probably being able to take a lightning-strike) some of the energy would be retained and could be channelled to the nearby super-fuel-cells.

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