{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/exador23","displayName":"Hippy Steve","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84945-original-tmp20230210214906.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":299,"height":299},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84945-96-20230727110426.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84945-48-20230727110426.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84945-24-20230727110426.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"84945"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84945-96-20230727110426.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"esoteric thinker, egg chair philosopher, permaculture advocate, pattern literate human being. The clock is ticking for all life on this planet. we need change.  landscape designer.Fair Warning: Very little of my descriptive content will have CWs.  I will put sensitive media blocks on any photos or vids though.","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@exador23","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"exador23","displayName":"Hippy Steve","note":"esoteric thinker, egg chair philosopher, permaculture advocate, pattern literate human being. The clock is ticking for all life on this planet. we need change.  landscape designer.Fair Warning: Very little of my descriptive content will have CWs.  I will put sensitive media blocks on any photos or vids though."}},"content":"<p>Say what now?!?<\/p><p>Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/drones\/faraday-caged-drone-lightning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/drones\/faraday-caged-drone-lightning\/<\/a><\/p><p>In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.<\/p><p>There's a decent bit of energy in the average lightning strike, as you might expect; Real Clear Science estimates about a billion joules. That translates to around 278 kilowatt-hours, or enough to charge a standard Hyundai Ioniq 6 nearly six times over. There are around 1.4 billion lightning strikes every year globally, or about 44 every second, representing some 383.6 terawatt-hours of electricity flashing out of the sky for free. That's nearly 1.5% of global electricity consumption (at 2023 levels) \u2013 and quite a decent resource if we could capture it.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/exador23\/statuses\/114388686574589926","object":{"id":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/users\/exador23\/statuses\/114388686574589926","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Say what now?!?<\/p><p>Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/drones\/faraday-caged-drone-lightning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/drones\/faraday-caged-drone-lightning\/<\/a><\/p><p>In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.<\/p><p>There's a decent bit of energy in the average lightning strike, as you might expect; Real Clear Science estimates about a billion joules. That translates to around 278 kilowatt-hours, or enough to charge a standard Hyundai Ioniq 6 nearly six times over. There are around 1.4 billion lightning strikes every year globally, or about 44 every second, representing some 383.6 terawatt-hours of electricity flashing out of the sky for free. That's nearly 1.5% of global electricity consumption (at 2023 levels) \u2013 and quite a decent resource if we could capture it.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@exador23\/114388686574589926","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-04-23:objectType=thread:nonce=b707c418b51a23df","notice_info":{"local_id":"9681512","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-04-23T19:58:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/m.ai6yr.org\/@exador23\/114388686574589926"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/4941179","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}