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lightning electricityI am very sorry that my question was not clear. Actually, what I meant was that can lightning be used to produce electricity? I was thinking that in places like Kampala and Tororo in Uganda, Bogor on Java, Indonesia and Singapore ,lightning can be used to harness electricity. Towers can be used with a semiconductor so that only a small amount can be taken in and used. These places receive sufficient amount of lightning. Is my idea practical? Please answer.

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I think most anything is possible, if we expand our thinking on the subject.  The thing that limits us is our own thinking, sometimes.  The annals of history are full of scientists trying to "catch" a bolt of lightning, to examine it, to try to harness it, to put it...

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I think most anything is possible, if we expand our thinking on the subject.  The thing that limits us is our own thinking, sometimes.  The annals of history are full of scientists trying to "catch" a bolt of lightning, to examine it, to try to harness it, to put it to use for mankind.  Although current technology does not exist, that does not mean it could not be explored and developed for the future.

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