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By Lemuel Irabor Let's explore the possibility of utilizing the gargantuan amount of electric power in lightning as a source of cheap renewable energy. B eing known to appear before a thunderclap (thus earning the moniker,’thunderbolt’);lightning has evolved from being known as a mystical wonder to being discovered to be a simple naturally-occurring electrical phenomenon. Due to the great difference between the relative speeds of sound and light in air, the thunderclap is usually heard about 7 seconds after the flash of lightning with the flash itself normally lasting microseconds.The flash appears as a ‘long crack’ in clear skies and, in cloudy atmosphere, is not readily seen from the earth although the associated illumination is still noticed. Lightning flashes usually appear white.Depending on local atmospheric conditions; flashes of colours such as yellow and blue-violet have also been reported. An average of 100 occurrences of lightning are recorded world...

 Life and a Sixteen-Year-Old by Lemuel Irabor All Rights Reserved. © Lemuel Irabor 2016- [First posted on UC Forum] I am happy to share excerpts from my book with the whole world. 16-Sept. Life is so complicated! Sometimes I don't even get it.Look at it this way:God created apples for eating.But insatiable humans had to squash the apple to get the pulp for apple pies,etc. and extract the juice in big machines and add lots and lots of health hazards,just so we can have drinks like 5 Alive and Lacasera. That's not the complicated part. It's when they give us tests in class asking us to explain the processes involved that really irks. I mean,who does that? Sigh. All I wanna write is that the apple-in whatever form-gets into the stomach of man. Again I wan.. Oh!Hi there. You may be reading this and wondering who could be writing this. Well.. I'm Martin. Sixteen. Nigerian. 174cm tall. And believe me I have my share of problems.UNfair share of p...