How can a negatively charged lightning discharge into negative charged earth?

Joe L. Ogan · « **on:** 27/12/2009 22:11:47 »

How can a negatively charged lightning bolt discharge into a negatively charged earth? Just what happens when lightning strikes earth? That is an awful lot of energy. It would be nice if some of it could be saved as a source of energy on earth. Has anyone ever tried to do this? Thanks for your comments. Joe L. Ogan

chris · « **Reply #1 on:** 27/12/2009 22:54:40 »

Dear Joe

this article: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/howdothunderstormswork-2/ - should explain the mechanism of lightning and also addresses the question of how much energy is released and whether it would be practical to attempt to collect it.

Chris

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How can a negatively charged lightning discharge into negative charged earth?

Joe L. Ogan (OP)

How can a negatively charged lightning discharge into negative charged earth?

chris

How can a negatively charged lightning discharge into negative charged earth?

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