{"id":339257,"date":"2024-08-11T16:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339257"},"modified":"2024-08-11T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T14:53:01","slug":"ev-explosion-lithium-battery-fires-provide-new-exciting-firefighting-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=339257","title":{"rendered":"EV Explosion: Lithium Battery Fires Provide New & Exciting Firefighting\u00a0Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Electric Vehicles running on wind and solar power captured and stored in lithium-ion batteries is all part of the grand \u2018transition\u2019, or so we\u2019re told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except when those batteries self-immolate, burn for days and spew out a deadly toxic plume that threatens anything but breaths for miles around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that the pyrotechnic mayhem attracts much coverage from the legacy media. No, that\u2019s down to sites like this one and people like John Hinderaker on his Powerline Blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As John outlines below, firefighters must be delighted at the new and exciting opportunities to exhibit their skills when lithium-ion batteries to what they do best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should Electric Vehicles be Illegal?<\/strong>
Powerline Blog
John Hinderaker
27 June 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From ESPN<\/a>: \u201cRandall Cobb, family \u2018lucky to be alive\u2019 after house fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide receiver Randall Cobb and his family escaped a fire at their Nashville, Tennessee, home this week, with his wife, Aiyda, posting, \u201cwe are lucky to be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aiyda Cobb posted to her Instagram story this week that a Tesla charger \u201ccaught fire in the garage late last night and quickly spread\u201d through their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got out of the house with nothing but the clothes on our back and no shoes on our feet,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cobbs have three young sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric vehicle batteries, like the large batteries used to store electricity from inept sources like wind and solar, are prone to burst into flame. And those fires are hard to extinguish. Out of curiosity, I googled \u201cbattery fire.\u201d Here is a sampling of news headlines from the last 36 hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driver sustained major injuries after colliding with a tree in an EV vehicle that caught fire.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiery Tesla Crash Poses Unique Challenges for Firefighters Near Anderson Valley.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crews respond to battery fire at East Penn facility.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Man critically hurt in Brooklyn fire, e-bike battery probed as cause.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. safety board probes fatal Tesla accident in Florida.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseus power banks recalled after dozens of fires, 13 burn injuries.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-bike catches fire after being left in the sun in West Valley.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Route 35 closed in Naples due to fatal electric vehicle crash, battery fire.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This former Detroit firefighter is tackling the EV battery fire problem.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithium Batteries Are Set to Power the World\u2014and Pose New Fire Risks.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithium-ion batteries, suspected in Keene fires, fuel widespread concern.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three rescued from apparent lithium-ion battery fire in Midwood.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fire breaks out in Tesla Megapack unit in Australia during testing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithium-ion battery found at Brooklyn apartment fire: FDNY.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, if we go back just 72 hours: Lithium battery factory fire kills 22 in South Korea.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is the Consumer Products Safety Commission? Where is the Congressional investigation? In what other context are products that spontaneously burst into flames legally marketed? If electric vehicles, e-bikes and batteries for wind and solar installations were not darlings of the \u201cgreen\u201d scam that controls government at most levels, would they even be legal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are serious questions.
Powerline<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric Vehicles running on wind and solar power captured and stored in lithium-ion batteries is all part of the grand \u2018transition\u2019, or so we\u2019re told.<\/p>\n

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