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Originally Posted by unclebilly View Post
How do you collect the electrons in a meaningful way? Seems to me that ice doesn’t conduct electricity (salt water conducts ions)… do you have to suspend metal in the water some how and then freeze it?

I think it would be easier to harvest lightening.
Just off the top of my head....
I'd probably build some large pyramid shaped structures that would collect the small bits of energy, and amplify it as reached the tip. Maybe build out of something with high piezoelectric properties such as granite, then cover with insulating limestone.

Crazy, ehh?
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