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Batteries are significant amounts of "nearby risk" that is being handwaved away imo They are fire/explosion hazards, heavy metals, etc.
by bluefirebrand 1y ago
Batteries are significant amounts of "nearby risk" that is being handwaved away imo
They are fire/explosion hazards, heavy metals, etc.
- acdha 1y agoThey’re a fire risk but have you tried fossil fuels and power lines? The newer battery technologies have significantly minimized the heavy metal needs and especially the sodium-ion batteries really reduce the fire and explosion risk.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoWe aren't talking about installing coal power plants in people's houses the way we're talking about installing solar and batteries in people's houses
- acdha 1y agoPeople use gas generators, though, and it’s not like you have to go back further than my grandfather’s lifetime to have factories or other industrial buildings with oil/coal plants on-premise or directly powering machinery. Pollution and logistics pushed away but we didn’t start with a pervasive power grid.
- BobaFloutist 1y agoI have a gas line directly into my apartment building, as do the vast majority of buildings in my area.