A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.
so i dislike regular vapes because of the amount of children using them, but disposable vapes truly are the worst of the worst. they need to be banned asap
Veedem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s wild that we’re wasting lithium batteries like that.
Fallstar@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Or that they are considered disposable by the people making and buying them These should be banned
Chozo@kbin.social 1 year ago
Agreed. As somebody who vapes, myself, it drives me crazy seeing discarded batteries littering the streets around here. The only legitimate use I've seen for disposable vapes was for use in prisons. There's a company that makes disposable vapes that are designed with intentionally flimsy materials, so that no part of it can be fashioned into a weapon or be used to start fires.
But for the average, non-incarcerated user, there's no excuse for it. They're more expensive in the long run, and far worse for the environment. If you're gonna vape, just buy yourself a proper mod kit, where there is much less waste produced.
I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think nicotine does something to people's brains, rendering them unable to consider consequences.
db2@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Funny, but the real problem is that they’re allowed to be marketed as “disposable” in the first place. I’m surprised there haven’t been more reports of “random” trash fires that were really from lithium batteries improperly disposed of.
The craziest thing is pretty much all of those “disposable” batteries are actually rechargeable, they just lack a circuit to do so.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Addiction. That is what nicotine does to peoples brains. It makes people ignore the consequences to their own body. (I say this while toking on a vape. However, I haven’t smoked a cigarette in a while, so that is nice.)
People are just generally idiots.
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malloc@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s what happens when producers of consumer items are not regulated. There’s no downside besides cost, so producers use the cheapest method available to get their product to market.
There’s a video on YT about a guy repairing a single use cock ring. A viewer apparently sent in his used cock ring for repair. Creator discovers it doesn’t work because of a corroded battery connection. I think he later finds the battery at a local store or orders it online. Replaced the battery and the sex toy is now functioning again.
He even adds some liquid resistance and warranties the item against further damage (or so he says, haha)