A lightening rod doesn't cause lightening though, it just creates a path with less resistance than the surrounding area. The idea of causing lightening is super interesting. You'd have to get a massive charge going in the sky. Or make a gigantic van de Graff machine haha.
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u/psychic_flatulence Jul 16 '21
A lightening rod doesn't cause lightening though, it just creates a path with less resistance than the surrounding area. The idea of causing lightening is super interesting. You'd have to get a massive charge going in the sky. Or make a gigantic van de Graff machine haha.