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  • anon
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  • gwbas1c
  • goda90
    > People have wanted to collect rain to create electricity, but that hasn’t worked on a large scaleIt might be a useful effect for small electronics in damp environments where solar isn't a great option. Caves, rainforests, showers.
  • anigbrowl
    Nice to see people working on quotidian science issues like this rather than chasing unicorns.
  • hinkley
    Wonder if this effect happens at all with stone.
  • khelavastr
    protonated rain aka acid rain
  • phendrenad2
    So if I pour water onto a huge dome of metal, it might build up enough of a negative static charge to jump a spark gap? New science exhibit idea!
  • froh42
    pay/somethingwall