
Natural resources such as , (crude oil) and take thousands of years to form naturally and cannot be replaced as fast as they are being consumed. It is projected that fossil-based resources will eventually become too costly to harvest and humanity will need to shift its reliance to such as solar or wind power. An alternative hypothesis is that carbon-based fuel is virtually inexhaustible in human terms, if o.

Since the late 1980s, there have been several attempts to investigate the possibility of harvesting lightning energy. A single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 7 gigajoules or about the energy stored in 38 Imperial gallons or 172 litres of gasoline). However, this energy is. . A technology capable of harvesting lightning energy would need to be able to rapidly capture the high power involved in a lightning bolt. Several schemes have been proposed, but the ever-changing energy involved in each. . To facilitate the harvesting of lightning, a -induced (LIPC) could theoretically be used to influence lightning to strike in a. . • • •