Electric rain can eat through metal

5 comments

• goda90 23 minutes ago
  > People have wanted to collect rain to create electricity, but that hasn’t worked on a large scale

  It might be a useful effect for small electronics in damp environments where solar isn't a great option. Caves, rainforests, showers.
• hinkley 15 minutes ago
  Wonder if this effect happens at all with stone.
• khelavastr 45 minutes ago
  protonated rain aka acid rain
• phendrenad2 15 minutes ago
  So if I pour water onto a huge dome of metal, it might build up enough of a negative static charge to jump a spark gap? New science exhibit idea!
• froh42 1 hour ago
  pay/somethingwall
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  • Sn0wCoder 1 hour ago
    https://archive.ph/holar
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    • throwaway231013 1 hour ago
      Nope, different article. Try this instead: https://archive.ph/FwVX4
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      • xattt 1 hour ago
        Source publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10941-6
      • Sn0wCoder 1 hour ago
        Whoops! thanks, guess I should have clicked it to double check thought it look familiar lol