Comment on In coal country this battery didn't stand a chance

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, Natrium-Ion ones are completely lithium free and are already being mass produced.

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• fizzle@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • vividspecter@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good thing that never happens with coal.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?

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    • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Having a car accident is a risk we encounter daily. We implement safeguards to make the risks manageable.

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