During lighting, a current pulse, shown in figure, flows from the cloud at a height $1.5\ km$ to the ground. If the breakdown electric field of humid air is about $400\ kVm^{-1}$ , the energy released during lighting would be (in unit of $10^9\ J$ )
  • A$9$
  • B$3.0$
  • C$4.5$
  • D$6.0$
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