Agreed, this is not something your average Joe could go out and do with household items. It would take an enormous amount of power and special equipment, albeit for a very short amount of time.
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From: jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, Sep 6, 2020 11:36 pm
Subject: Re: [TCML] voltage on the streamers
You need a LOT more power to ionize significantly.
kilowatts, perhaps
On 9/6/20 7:14 PM, derstrom8--- via Tesla wrote:
> This has indeed been a concept that has been considered for various applications. Here is one from 2012 where the US Army was supposedly experimenting with a weapon that used a laser to generate a plasma channel which directed a lightning bolt at its target:
>
> LIPC - Laser Induced Plasma Channel
>
> Non-military uses include this concept from the EPFL School of Engineering using a laser as a lightning rod:
>
> Laser Lightning Rod Project
>
> I wonder how many different applications might already exist?
>
> Matt Lewis, Fairlee VT
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> From: David Thomson <aetherwizard@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [TCML] voltage on the streamers
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> I have imagined that using a high powered (5mw) laser would create an
> ionized channel through the atmosphere for streamers to follow. I wonder if
> anybody has done this, yet?
>
> David Thomson
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