3.6 megawatts is piffle compared to natural phenomena. It is roughly 4800 horsepower, or 10 high-power automobile engines. And not all of that gets absorbed by the ionosphere---which has no effect on the lower atmosphere in any case.
This is a classic example of Clarke's Postulate that any sufficiently-mysterious technology will seem like magic. Especially by those afraid of witches.
3.6 megawatts is piffle compared to natural phenomena. It is roughly 4800 horsepower, or 10 high-power automobile engines. And not all of that gets absorbed by the ionosphere---which has no effect on the lower atmosphere in any case.
This is a classic example of Clarke's Postulate that any sufficiently-mysterious technology will seem like magic. Especially by those afraid of witches.