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Re: (meteorobs) meteor energy
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>>>Is there someway we could tap and use this energy?
>>Yep. By bouncing radio waves off the ionized train they leave behind them!
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>I am afraid I do not see how that would "tap and use this energy"? Am I
>missing something?
>
>REgards, John
>CRS VACR
>Chino Valley, AZ
There is not a lot of total energy to tap if we could. A grain of sand size
(0.01 gram) Leonid has the energy of 300 45 caliber bullets. A lot of
energy if you get hit by one, but not a lot of available work to do
anything with.
Terry
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