Scheme to 'pull electricity from the air' sparks debate

Piwoslaw · 08-28-10, 01:53 AM

Scheme to 'pull electricity from the air' sparks debate - BBC News

Daox · 08-28-10, 05:35 AM

Interesting. I'd like to see it quantified how much power they could generate though.

Piwoslaw · 08-29-10, 03:30 AM

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The effect is incredibly small - gathering an amount of charge 100 million times smaller over a given area than a solar cell produces - but seems to represent a means of charge accumulation that has been overlooked until now.
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However, while the prospect of free electricity from the air is tantalising, the prospect of harnessing enough of it to be widely useful is still a matter of some debate.

Harvesting a small amount of electricity over a long time adds up, but it all depends on the costs.

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