Tornadoes/energy

[countrybob]

Not political but, if mods want to take down no biggie. I have thought, wondered for many many years if only they could figure out how too recreate the energy of a tornado and use the energy to run a plant to generate electricity like a nuclear or coal. Love too hear some thoughts.

 

[TFrazier]

This post marks the official beginning of the off season duldrums.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Not political but, if mods want to take down no biggie. I have thought, wondered for many many years if only they could figure out how too recreate the energy of a tornado and use the energy to run a plant to generate electricity like a nuclear or coal. Love too hear some thoughts.

I think harnessing the energy in lighting would be better

 

[ATLsker]

I think harnessing the energy in lighting would be better

I hear you can get 1.21 gigawatts for every lightning bolt

 

[ATLsker]

The law of conservation of energy tells us that any wind creating machine for a tornado wouldn't produce any extra energy that you could harvest... It'd have to be something harnessing the natural power of the wind. Maybe you could build some giant physical structure that could funnel the wind into a tornado. But at that point you're probably better off building windmills.

 

[MargotDeeper]

I'll bet OP has tried sticking a light bulb where the corn don't shine and farting until he thinks he sees the filament glow.

 

[countrybob]

I'll bet OP has tried sticking a light bulb where the corn don't shine and farting until he thinks he sees the filament glow.

Hadn't thought about it, but I'll give it some thought.

 

[RedBarchetta]

A tornado requires an intense amount of energy to create in the first place. So to create an artificial tornado I don't think would be practical, as the output probably wouldn't exceed the input.

 

[Husker.Wed.]

We should harness all the energy put into debating moving a Saturday game to Friday.

 

[SLOHusker]

The ultimate source of a tornado's energy is the big ball of fusion energy that warms and lights our planet.

 

[TFrazier]

We should harness all the energy put into debating moving a Saturday game to Friday.

 

[ZaneHickey]

I think harnessing the energy in lighting would be better

Isn’t that where the power at the car plug-in stations comes from? All that energy in the ground from lightning??🤔

 

[HuskAir]

Isn’t that where the power at the car plug-in stations comes from? All that energy in the ground from lightning??🤔

As an electrical engineer, I can confirm this theory. 😒

 

[InMotion]

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I hear you can get 1.21 gigawatts for every lightning bolt

How could you be so careless?

 

[Huskers123456]

Has to be a Larry the Cable Guy joke in here somewhere. Or maybe Jeff Foxworthy.

 

[HuskerHusaria]

Has to be a Larry the Cable Guy joke in here somewhere. Or maybe Jeff Foxworthy.

Not a labeled joke, but yesterday was the first time some Iowans got blown.