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A lightning bolt carries a current upwards of 100,000 amps, and has upwards of 10 billion joules of energy. How many gigawatts is that? I’ve a car I need to ju

by oakmad 4y ago

A lightning bolt carries a current upwards of 100,000 amps, and has upwards of 10 billion joules of energy. How many gigawatts is that? I’ve a car I need to jump start.

WithinReason 4y ago
About 1.21 jigawatts
- thraxil 4y ago
  What the hell is a jigawatt!
  - thorin 4y ago
    I guess you aren't ready for it, but your kids are gonna love it.
    - shmoe 4y ago
      Hey man if you ever have kids and one of them, when he's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug -- go easy on him.
me_me_me 4y ago
Enough to travel back in time afaik
- gbraad 4y ago
  Only at 88mph...
  - ASalazarMX 4y ago
    As we don't have long cables, guess we'll have to time it perfectly.
MagnumOpus 4y ago
About 1,000 gigawatts peak power for a few microseconds, plenty to jump start your time machine.