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sjiveru t1_j4tlhcw wrote

For those of you wondering (like I did), the amount of power required to fire a laser large enough to redirect lighting is much higher than the amount of power you could generate by taking advantage of the energy in that lightning. It's useful for moving lightning away from problem targets, but not useful for power generation.

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SilentSwine t1_j4u0raw wrote

So I guess the laser needs more than 1.21 jigawatts of power to work?

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peppernickel t1_j4ualz0 wrote

We just need larger and wider inductors to increase and prolong the energy uptake.

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