Lithium ion batteries spontaneously combust on I-15 as an 18 wheeler carrying them turns over.
BOOM. GREEN IS THE new bomb.
“An 18-wheeler overturned on I-15 South Friday afternoon, causing a 75,000 lb load of lithium-ion batteries to spontaneously combust (because of course it did). Emergency first responders were forced to shut down the freeway, which serves as basically the only efficient ground artery between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
The New York Times reports that Emergency responders were concerned about the fire causing the release of a number of deadly toxic chemicals, including hydrogen cyanide, chlorine and sulfur dioxide. A spokesman for San Bernardino County said, “These chemicals pose significant health risks at elevated levels, with hydrogen cyanide and chlorine being particularly dangerous even at low concentrations.”
Oh. But wait, lithium-ion batteries provide the power for electric vehicles, don’t they? They also provide all that vaunted stationary storage that propaganda outlets like the New York Times are constantly hyping, don’t they? Doesn’t that mean these batteries are, like, “green,” and stuff, or something?
Um, well, not according to this specific NYTimes story. For some odd reason, the paper’s editors decided to momentarily lurch off into the truth about these monsters.
Check out this excerpt:
Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in many electronic devices, including e-bikes and electric cars, contain highly flammable materials. If ignited, the batteries burn hot and are very difficult to put out.
The fire district noted on social media that lithium-ion battery fires “can escalate to thermal runaway, needing massive amounts of water to extinguish.”
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Oh, you don’t say! “Thermal runaway,” huh?
Perhaps that explains why firefighters had to shut down this very busy freeway for hours on end in searing summer heat as they tried in vain to douse the persistent fire. You think?
In the end, officials gave up on reopening I-15 until the fire played itself out, and managed to re-route all the thousands of drivers over to I-40, which the Times timidly notes also caused massive traffic jams on that freeway. Imagine that.
Just one more bit of proof, as if we needed one, that this “green” energy isn’t really green at all. The sooner we all stop pretending it is, the sooner we can start addressing our real energy needs.”
Are you re-thinking GREEN PROMISES from Kamala et al. Big wind destroys oceans and beaches and the only meaningful performance is the ROI from government subsidies. Big solar now designated as ‘farms’ in the US eat and pollute productive land and are made of COAL, and front ending the c02- that doesn’t matter anyways because it is a sham.
Oh and here is a little ditty I made up:
Funny, we don't see gas fuelled car batteries self combust, but what the hell do I know, right.
"Lithium ion batteries spontaneously combust on I-15 as an 18 wheeler carrying them turns over"; yet one more—completely superfluous now—reason why environmentally-damaging EVs need to be banned outright. Thanks for the info.