Lightning Protection

[The Real Tom]

I don't know about! They stick up in the air, all sharp and pointy. They do not look inviting!

:-P

later,

tom @

[w_tom]

The concept of Early Streamer Emission devices to repel or avoid a lightning strike is again properly criticized with a gusto that the scam deserves.

The newsgroups rec.radio.amateur.antenna includes many whose professional experience is this topic. Posted in that newsgroup on 3 Mar 2005 in "lighting replusion?" is this from Jack Painter:

Now this question. If air terminals to repel lightning is so obviously based in snake oil, then why were so many here still avidly promoting that myth? At what point do people first seek facts before posting myths? That is the bottom line question that applies *topmost* to this particular thread. So many promoted a myth; doing so convincingly without any numbers and any basic facts. No numbers should have been enough for everyone to dispute their claims. How is it that such myth purveyors could promote this ESE lie and almost get away with it? This question is directed at the same people who also believed lies about 'weapons of mass destruction'. This topmost question asks why do so many people, as demonstrated in this thread, blindly believe lies that obviously have no scientific or logical basis?

For some, this questi> Wrong!