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Whats stopping them from erecting a barrier around the battery in question and just burying it in sand?
by abledon 5y ago
Whats stopping them from erecting a barrier around the battery in question and just burying it in sand?
- mnw21cam 5y agoBurying it in sand would presumably keep it hot for even longer. Sometimes the best strategy is simply to move everything combustible away from it and let it burn out by itself. A heat-proof barrier might have helped.
- ant6n 5y agoWouldnt it just burn for years then?
- sp332 5y agoThis battery chemistry is self-oxidizing. It doesn't need contact with the air to burn.
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoIf that was the case we would just set fire to them and extract energy from the heat produced.
- treeman79 5y agoA coal mine has been burning for 50. https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years-ghost-town https://www.history.com/news/mine-fire-burning-more-50-years...
- Bayart 5y agoThere's one coal seem fire in Australia that's been going on for 6000 years.
- Bayart 5y agoThat would worsen it, as the sand would act as an insulator and increase the temperature of the battery rather than dissipate it. A battery « fire » is powered by the energy stored within, not by something being combusted.