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Storing lightning and reusing it with the lightning rod

An idea that could make the lightning rod more useful would be the possibility to stock the lightning's power inside bottles placed in a chest underneath the rod. We would be able to throw those electricity-filled bottles to an entity, dealing to it a big chunk of damage and setting it on fire. And put in a dispenser, the bottles would release a small lighting upon activation. However, their main utility would be to temporarily boost Redstone, by creating a signal with unlimited range that also boost every redstone-related block (the tnt has a bigger explosion, the lamp shine more, ect...), and make the redstone wires deals damage upon walking on it.

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    I like the idea of being able to use lightning to your advantage. I think using the electricity to cause a huge redstone isn’t too realistic whereas redstone speed depends on a few things that can’t be changed too easily.

    What if we could store it in power boxes or generators so that way redstone doesn’t rely on comparators or more power sources to keep the signal going?

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    My original request for lightning in a bottle seems to have been deleted (possibly because it being kind of a duplicate).

    I think it would be amazing to have lightning in a bottle by placing the bottle on top of a lightning rod (like an item frame). When lighting strikes it would then create lightning in a bottle and drop the item. Maybe there could be a chance of destroying the bottle. This should be possible to automate using dispensers.

    The lighting in a bottle should be used by right clicking on a lightning rod. It would then send lightning to a mob or other lightning rod in the vicinity. Just normal lightning, I'd say in a 16 wide sphere. This should also be possible using a dispenser. After use the lightning in a bottle should just leave the bottle.

    Alternatively you could also surround an empty bottle with iron nuggets to create a leyden jar that can be transformed into an charged leyden jar using a lightning rod in the same way. But I like the mystical feel of the lightning in a bottle more.