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More points: Basically everything is soaked in flame retardant: your insulation, your wiring, your furniture, your appliances. Heater technology is way safer
by camgunz 2y ago
More points:
Basically everything is soaked in flame retardant: your insulation, your wiring, your furniture, your appliances.
Heater technology is way safer now. Central heat is a lot more prevalent, and space heaters are a lot less likely to start a fire.
I'd also add to your wiring point: electrical appliances are way safer and way less hot.
A counter-argument though is the prevalence of lithium-ion batteries. I do wonder if a spike in fires is coming--though I would've expected it by now.
- cogman10 2y ago> I do wonder if a spike in fires is coming Arguably came and left. In the early 00s battery pack explosions in cell phones wasn't a super rare event. Now Li batteries are a lot safer with better protections to keep fires from starting. Additionally, the biggest batteries someone is likely to setup for their homes are LFPs which are quiet resistant to starting fires. If sodium batteries are successful they'd go even further in being a non-issue.