I'm obsessed with energy

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I would think it's because it's too infrequent. Even wind energy runs into the problem of inconsistency. And I'm not sure if it's doable or if it's financially worth doing since you know, doesn't happen that often.

True, but there are specific points on earth where storms rage constantly. Not to mention on other planets

Venezuela
Here, where the Catatumbo River empties into South America's largest lake, an "everlasting lightning storm" rages continuously for up to 10 hours a night, in exactly the same place, 260 nights a year. Nowhere else on Earth is so much lightning concentrated in one spot, with such regularity. For up to 10 hours at a time, the sky above the river is pierced by almost constant lightning, producing as many as 280 strikes per hour. Known as the "Relampago del Catatumbo," this lightning storm has been raging, on and off, for as long as people can remember.

Now, imagine you're a builder... would you submit to those conditions?
Would you risk getting struck by lightning every single day?

Imagine you're an investor... would you invest in materials/machinery that are subjected to lightning every single day?

I too would like to time travel, but it seems like an impossible thing....

Besides, 1.21GW in a few microseconds would require quite the infrastructure just to process and store.
Just doing a small calculation... 1.21GW in one microsecond yields 1210Wh, or... less than the charge of one rechargeable Ni-MH battery, these days...


So you can charge one or two batteries per lightning strike... yippie!

EDIT:messed up Wh and mAh.... bah... ok, charge 1000 batteries per strike, or keep 10 100W lightbulbs on for an hour, per strike. ok, now that looks a bit better.