I don’t think “lobbyists” is the right characterisation here.
A significant portion of the people of this town genuinely thought that this battery was going to catch fire, and that the town would be inundated with toxic smoke.
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reddig33@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol. There are certainly other battery storage mediums besides lithium ion. Lobbyists are just prolonging the inevitable. Some other town will take this battery and these people will be stuck with their power outages and high electric bills. 🤷♂️
fizzle@quokk.au 3 days ago
vividspecter@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s surely not a view they organically developed, but rather the obvious consequence of anti-renewable propaganda. Although I agree that “lobbyist” isn’t the right word as it wasn’t through advocacy of politicians (entirely at least) but the more amorphous dissemination of disinformation by bad faith actors.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 day ago
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
A significant portion of the people of this town genuinely thought that this battery was going to catch fire
You are aware that this is a risk with batteries like this, right? Right?
fizzle@quokk.au 1 day ago
Having a car accident is a risk we encounter daily. We implement safeguards to make the risks manageable.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Yeah, Natrium-Ion ones are completely lithium free and are already being mass produced.