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Why is this news? Is every gas car fire reported? Is it news because electric cars are “new” as in ten years old? Or is it that the publisher just knows it w

Why is this news? Is every gas car fire reported? Is it news because electric cars are “new” as in ten years old? Or is it that the publisher just knows it will get a bunch of clicks from people that don’t like electric stuff?

nickthegreek 3y ago
They are more dangerous than gas fires and many people do not understand this yet. While it might be 10 years old, most people have not used nor understand many parts of EV's, like regenerative breaking, the lower center of gravity and the dangers of the batteries.
- jjallen 3y ago
  This isn’t an educational article about how to drive an EV. It’s fearmongering about electric vehicles
mdp2021 3y ago
> Why is this news You are in a way right: not strictly "«news»", but information (a piece of information) for awareness in a phase in which the general population (and even a greater set) does not have yet a full picture of relatively new technologies. > ten years old The term 'radioactivity' was coined by Marie Curie in 1898; use of uranium in dentistry was banned in the USA in 1984. Ten years are not much.
- jjallen 3y ago
  I said that because the critics would respond with the reason the article was written is because they are “new”. Everyone knows that electricity is “older” and that they actually “came out” much longer ago
TheHappyOddish 3y ago
Disassembled cars on fire at Sydney airport are not a common occurance and are absolutely news. The publisher is an Australian nes site for Australians, who don't really find EVs contraversial.
- jjallen 3y ago
  Are there also articles written when a gar car catches fire though? That is the key question.
  - TheHappyOddish 3y ago
    If it was disassembled in the Sydney airport carpark and on fire, yes there would be. The circumstances are unusual enough regardless of power source here.
  - aragilar 3y ago
    Yes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-04/sydney-airport-bus-gutted-by-fire/8091146 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-04/sydney-airport-bus-gu..., and you can see more fires at Sydney Airport at https://discover.abc.net.au/index.html?siteTitle=news#/?query=fire%20sydney%20airport&refinementList%5Bsite.title%5D%5B0%5D=ABC%20News https://discover.abc.net.au/index.html?siteTitle=news#/?quer... I'm confused why you think a fire at Sydney Airport (of any cause) wouldn't be news?

nickthegreek 3y ago

They are more dangerous than gas fires and many people do not understand this yet. While it might be 10 years old, most people have not used nor understand many parts of EV's, like regenerative breaking, the lower center of gravity and the dangers of the batteries.

jjallen 3y ago
This isn’t an educational article about how to drive an EV. It’s fearmongering about electric vehicles

mdp2021 3y ago

> Why is this news You are in a way right: not strictly "«news»", but information (a piece of information) for awareness in a phase in which the general population (and even a greater set) does not have yet a full picture of relatively new technologies. > ten years old The term 'radioactivity' was coined by Marie Curie in 1898; use of uranium in dentistry was banned in the USA in 1984. Ten years are not much.

jjallen 3y ago
I said that because the critics would respond with the reason the article was written is because they are “new”. Everyone knows that electricity is “older” and that they actually “came out” much longer ago

TheHappyOddish 3y ago

Disassembled cars on fire at Sydney airport are not a common occurance and are absolutely news. The publisher is an Australian nes site for Australians, who don't really find EVs contraversial.

jjallen 3y ago
Are there also articles written when a gar car catches fire though? That is the key question.
- TheHappyOddish 3y ago
  If it was disassembled in the Sydney airport carpark and on fire, yes there would be. The circumstances are unusual enough regardless of power source here.
- aragilar 3y ago
  Yes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-04/sydney-airport-bus-gutted-by-fire/8091146 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-04/sydney-airport-bus-gu..., and you can see more fires at Sydney Airport at https://discover.abc.net.au/index.html?siteTitle=news#/?query=fire%20sydney%20airport&refinementList%5Bsite.title%5D%5B0%5D=ABC%20News https://discover.abc.net.au/index.html?siteTitle=news#/?quer... I'm confused why you think a fire at Sydney Airport (of any cause) wouldn't be news?