Lightning rods are attached to tall buildings and other structures to provide protection in the event of a lightning strike.

In this day and age, with acessible energy becoming scarce (or at least that which we bother to collect), any chance to attain sustainable energy should be seized.

When lightning strikes a lightning rod, the energy exerted is carried safely down the side of the structure to the ground.

But why to the ground?

Surely the sensible thing to to would be to connect the rod to a capacitor and collect the huge quantities of free, enviromentally friendly electricity.

With buildings like the C. N Tower in Toronto clocking up more than 200 strikes per year, surely an enterprise such as this would be cost effective?

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