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One of largest lithium battery plants ignites in Moss Landing
- tomohawk 2y agoSome outlets originally blamed Tesla, but it apparently has nothing to do with Tesla. https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1880154231232962777 https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1880154231232962777
- suraci 2y ago> prompting evacuations and warnings to stay inside to avoid noxious fumes in Monterey County. This is what I have always been worried about... Modern industry seems all fine until a fire breaks out or a train overturns.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoWhat type of fire smoke is not toxic?
- Jarwain 2y agoI mean it's a standard warning for fires, but battery fires are a more dangerous form of toxic due to the corrosive materials batteries are made of.
- audunw 2y agoCompared to what? For cars fires there have been some articles showing there’s not much difference in the amount toxic stuff in the smoke between EVs and ICE. So batteries aren’t that bad. If we’re talking burning factories I’m sure there are other factories that would emit far more nastier stuff. And some that would be much more benign of course. So again the question is, compared to what?
- hulitu 2y ago> there’s not much difference in the amount toxic stuff in the smoke between EVs and ICE. So batteries aren’t that bad. EVs burn longer.
- defrost 2y agoPure hydrogen fire? Depends on what's making up the burning airship .. but that's not the hydrogen fire, that's the additives.
- brocklobsta 2y agoI was on a run last night and noticed the glow. How many times has that battery plant caught fire? Seems like grid scale battery technology is not ready for the lime light. AB 2514 forced utilities to build out this dumpster fire. It's ironic that California's climate solution is burning while the state blames climate change for the LA fire.
- anon84873628 2y agoOther reports indicate this facility has had fires twice before.
- brocklobsta 2y agoThat seems like a high rate of fires given that plant opened at the end of 2020. I wonder what to total cost.
- audunw 2y agoI don’t think you’re keeping in mind what these batteries are replacing. Coal power plants and gasoline cars release harmful smoke as part of their regular operation. ICE cars are several times more likely to catch fire than an EV, and contribute much more fuel to a parking garage fire (usually an EV battery caught in a fire will not itself ignite) And the incidents related to the fossil fuel industry are orders of magnitude worse than incidents like this. Have you forgotten about deep water horizon? There are also thousands upon thousands of old oil and gas wells in the US that haven’t been properly decommissioned, slowly corroding and leaking nasty stuff in the environment. The cost of properly plugging all of them has been estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. Is there some name for the kind of fallacy people make where they’re so concerned about the dangers of whatever the new thing is, while completely glossing over the glaring issues of the old thing that’s being replaced because they’re so used to it? I find it particularly baffling when it comes to EVs vs gasoline cars. People should know how dangerous gasoline is… right? It’s like, super basic knowledge for anyone born the last two centuries..
- hulitu 2y ago