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more about #pollution more comments → Cognitive Friction: BREAKING NEWS: Mother Nature seeks $17 billion bailout to restructure atmosphere more » brandegee: After all these years, Metallica is still riding the lightning. The band has become a waste of space. God willing their diesel-pusher buses will be va... more » lilwillie: This has to be false. Every lifted four by four with whip antennas for the CB have no lightning marks on them. more » Ash78, cube farmer: Make his fight through the hills in the traffic mazeConstant chill deep insideShouting cuss, making fuss through the endless hazeOn the fight, for the... more » X3SoB: My question is, who paid for this study? And why? I swear this is the most irrelvent bullshit I've read in a long while. more » Jo Schmo: I still can't get the mental image of a doomcloud tearing ass after your Festiva across the desert out of my head. That is hilarious more » engineerd: I am now eagerly awaiting the study that shows that electric and hybrid vehicles are more likely to attract swarms of Africanized honey bees. more » leavethegun-takethecannoli: It isn't applicable near urban areas. It appears to be more of an observation than a scientific study. He probably received grant money for this, need... more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: Well, the upshot is that it's now that much easier for me to harness 1.21 gigawatts of electrical charge from a bolt of lightning in case I run out of... more » damnelantra™: its not car exhaust, for it is mighty Thor target practicing on cars in the great american deserts. mighty Thor is a merciful god an knows that there ... more » Jo Schmo: DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT go faster than 87 mph more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Sure it's not that the roadway has greater conductivity than the surrounding rock or soil, or that it might be built along a local high point or ridge... more » 80honda: Stay away from areas with a high concentration of Hummers. ;-p more » pauljones: Think of it as added, all-natural infrastructure support for any electric vehicles traveling through the area. more » -
#lightningandcars
New Study Confirms Car Exhaust Increases Lightning Strikes
A new study reveals car exhaust clouds attract lightning and actually increase the frequency of strikes. Metallica approves. More » -
