Is It Possible to Mine with Electricity Produced by Lightning?

[Alanay]

Do you think it would be feasible to create a machine that powers on and mines only from and with the electricity produced by lightning?

Is it possible to even create a machine capable of doing this? By possible I also mean where it wouldn't be so difficult that it would require millions of dollars for research and development.

The benefits of this would of course be not having to pay for electricity, the downside being the cost to create such a machine and the amount of time it could run. It may be a good idea to harvest the electricity and then use it to allow for ordinary machines to mine for long sessions.

"Also, according to NASA, the greatest amount of lightning strikes are near the Catatumbo River in Venezuela (where there are 40,000 strikes every night, for most of the year)" - http://io9.gizmodo.com/5902218/maps-reveal-where-lightning-will-strike-next

"While a single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 5 billion joules or about the energy stored in 145 litres of petrol)" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy

If anybody out there has the will to calculate just how well you could do with a machine or machines like this located in "Catatumbo River in Venezuela" please let us know.

[cr1776]

You should move this to off-topic, but check this out:

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2012/05/could-we-harness-lightning-as-an-energy-source.html

Bing or google for more info

[helloeverybody]

Maybe one day this could be considered as a means of harnessing energy biut at the moment for your average person it would be extremely difficult to find anything that could store such a massive amount of electricity in such a short time. A battery obviously cant be charged as of yet with a single quick charge, so although we dont really have the technology yet we may one day.

[skylighters]

Do you think it would be feasible to create a machine that powers on and mines only from and with the electricity produced by lightning?

Is it possible to even create a machine capable of doing this? By possible I also mean where it wouldn't be so difficult that it would require millions of dollars for research and development.

The benefits of this would of course be not having to pay for electricity, the downside being the cost to create such a machine and the amount of time it could run. It may be a good idea to harvest the electricity and then use it to allow for ordinary machines to mine for long sessions.

"Also, according to NASA, the greatest amount of lightning strikes are near the Catatumbo River in Venezuela (where there are 40,000 strikes every night, for most of the year)" - http://io9.gizmodo.com/5902218/maps-reveal-where-lightning-will-strike-next

"While a single bolt of lightning carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 5 billion joules or about the energy stored in 145 litres of petrol)" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy

If anybody out there has the will to calculate just how well you could do with a machine or machines like this located in "Catatumbo River in Venezuela" please let us know.

i think one day it will be option to get electricity but sadly now i think that it is not worth to do that, and also it would be hard to set everything up

[DebitMe]

It is no currently possible with today's technology.  You would need someway to reliable transport and store the energy which is not possible with today's technology.