Re: RE Word Hydrogen vs Hybrid - harnessing lightning...

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

> It's possible that some cheaper way to split water
> will be found,
> but it's not that likely -- pure physics is the
> limiting problem
... it's a bunch of
> electron-volts per
> molecule, and that's that.  Facks is facks.


  One thing I've wondered about is, Lightning strikes
are free...why not build a Superconducting storage
facility in Tornado Alley, and build huge-mongous
towers to "encourage" strikes, then absorb the energy
into the Superconductor/battery? If Superconductors
can exist,why not build a huge storage unit and let
lightning charge it? A couple hundred million volts
every storm would help solve the "energy" problem of
cracking H2O, it seems to me. 
  Of course, i'm no Physicist, so have no idea of the
technical problems involved, but since the static
discharge comes free, and it would only take a few
strikes to garner alot of "free" energy, when are our
"future thinkers" going to try to use it? If we can
use dinosaur stew to power our cars, can't we use
static discharge as well? C'mon, inventors, get
"cracking"! LOL. 
 - Jerry -

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