HPFM - Lightning Paper final

<b>Author’s Note (June 2025):</b><br>This version of the HPFM lightning paper was uploaded in good faith, based on preliminary analysis and an emerging conceptual framework. Upon further review, I found that the energetic scaling assumptions and physical mechanisms proposed in this version do not meet the standard of reproducible or validated science.<br>I have chosen to retract this work and do not recommend its citation or use without significant revision.