A technology capable of harvesting lightning energy would need to be able to rapidly capture the high power involved in a lightning bolt. Several schemes have been proposed, but the ever-changing energy involved in each lightning bolt renders lightning power harvesting from ground-based rods impractical: too. Since the late 1980s, there have been several attempts to investigate the possibility of harvesting lightning energy. A single bolt of carries a relatively large amount of energy (approximately 5 or. • • • To facilitate the harvesting of lightning, a -induced (LIPC) could theoretically be used to influence lightning to strike in a predictable location. A high power laser could be used to form an ionized column of gas, which would act as an atmospheric conduit.