Lighting Farms to Power Electric Cars?

This announcement has some increadable implications if it is scalable. AEHI plans to collect power from the ground area surrounding a lightning strike and convert it into usable electricity to be sold through existing power grids.

Harnessing the natural energy produced from a bolt of lightning as a clean energy solution will eliminate numerous environmental hazards associated with the energy industry. Lightning farms are expected to be able to sell electricity for 80-90% less ($0.005 per kilowatt hour) than we pay now! If producting electricity this clean and this cheap is possible, electric cars will be that much closer to mass production. They are currently working on a mobile full-scale lightning farm to be tested during peak lightning season (July through August) of 2007.

Thanks to Treehugger for the scoop.