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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Isn't it weird that we'll never (ever?) talk about lightnings as a potential renewable energy source ? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Seems to my ignorant eyes that we could always somehow split the power received into more manageable units, even if it has to be splitted a million times, 🤷‍♂️.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not that I think it's practical or that it should be done, but I think it's mildly interesting that Texas could be an answer to all three of those things.

Texas gets a ton of lightning, has a large battery company (Tesla), and probably needs the power the most.

[–] AgentOrangesicle 1 points 1 year ago

[email protected] did the math below. It's a little impractical, particularly for Tesla to engineer.