I was wondering if anyone knew a thorough answer to the question: How can a charged thunderstorm exist? I've asked meterologists this question but no one has any answer. How can a cloud carry any charge at all? Why doesn't the charge cause the cloud to instantly dissipate? If we can demonstrate electrostatic precipitation with a small cloud chamber, how can any thunderstorm exist at all? Another mystery: How can an electron cloud exist in a vacuum tube? How can it hold itself together? It just seems to me that there are exceptions to the idea that like charges always repel - a notion that might guide us to free energy.
