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Could an electrotrophic bioorganism harness the energy of lightning strikes to create radioactive solids?
I know lightning can create radioactive isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen, but could it make solid materials like, say, plutonium? If my reading of unit conversion is correct it should have plenty of energy per strike to fuse at least a little bit, but i've no clue how difficult it would be to actually use that energy for the purpose.
u/Elavia_ — 2 days ago