Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

The impedance is ridiculously high; there isn't very much power available at all. Even just to get enough current to sense accurately can be difficult.

Some googling suggests that even if you somehow extracted all the current from the entire planetary atmosphere's charge-separating processes you'd get maybe a gigawatt.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: