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Old Jun 18, 2005, 02:12 pm   #7 (permalink) (top)
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A watt is a rate of energy flow. It dosen't matte how many watts you have if it's only for a short time. True, the wattage of a lightening bolt is enormous, but since it only lasts for a tenth of a second, you really would not get that much energy out of it relatively speaking.


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