[LurkingSince'98]

this is an example of folks starting on a project without even a basic understanding of fundamental principles.

The electrical potential (Voltage) between the ground and the atmosphere above: "...ground‐level electric fields ranged from 3.2 to 7.6 kV per meter."

For all the gory details go here:>>

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011JD015710/pdf

For the uninformed that amounts to 7,600,000 Volts per kilometer of elevator height.

I love it when liberals become "scientists" 'cause they believe in magical thinking - whatever hair-brained scheme they can think up, can happen just because they thought of it.

Lurking'

[JimRed]

For the uninformed that amounts to 7,600,000 Volts per kilometer of elevator height.

Can we harvest all those volts to fuel our Volts?