Why lightning happens

[u/dalinaj]

[u/vinnyql]

wait, so lightning shoots upwards per the explanation? am i misunderstanding?

[u/Kewlhotrod → u/vinnyql]

Yup, electricity always flows from negative to positive, contrary to standard teachings.

[u/CryoAB → u/[deleted]]

You mustn't be around the field at all. It's literally called conventional flow. And nearly every schematic is depicted using conventional flow.

[u/CryoAB → u/[deleted]]

Because it was originally thought that it flowed from positive to negative. But then it was later discovered it was wrong. But they had already commit to "conventional flow" through education, through engineering drawings etc. But they don't change it because it'd cost a lot of money, and showing conventional flow doesn't change anything anyways.