Notes
- Single cell thunderstorms are 1e15 Joules (multicell more, superstorm much more!) - use that for comparison, not atomic bomb.
- 16 million of all types per year, 100K in US, 10% severe
- find reference!
- Power extraction - compression wave with downstream tension wave, depends on speed of sound
- Iron magnetics, Kevlar tension member, carbon coating in launch loop rotor
- Iron magnetics, carbon coating in power loop roter
- Pisacane, carbon sputter yield is low at 1000 eV, trace references and software