Saw some lightning today and ran the numbers — a bolt of lightning only has about $30 worth of electricity in it. I was thinking that an aluminum smelting plant might be an effective place to put lightning strikes to use, but no.
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Replying to @ID_AA_Carmack
Surprisingly easy to induce lightning in the atmosphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34NpyA2OuaE … But I guess it's not nearly cost-effective!
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @ID_AA_Carmack
Call it a loss leader and do it anyway
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Replying to @timoni @ID_AA_Carmack
R&D writeoff, AKA the mad science budget!
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