Posted on 07/27/2023 7:18:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Seventeen miles offshore from an island belonging to the Netherlands, a nearly 20,000-ton vessel loaded with vehicles is burning “out of control,” and officials are in a race against time; Lea Versteeg, spokesperson for the Dutch coast guard, reportedly said, “we’re currently working out to see how we can make sure that...the least bad situation is going to happen.”
A Daily Mail article out yesterday reported that at least one crew member had died while “many” others were injured, while another outlet identified the site of the chaos as a priceless environmental gem. From ABC News:
Its location is close to a chain of Dutch and German islands popular with tourists in the shallow Wadden Sea, a World Heritage-listed area described by UNESCO as ‘the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world’ and ‘one of the most important areas for migratory birds in the world.’
Daily Mail noted:
The Fremantle Highway [the ship] is close to Ameland, one of four ecologically sensitive Frisian islands, situated in the Waddensee [sic] area just north of the Dutch mainland.
Also called the Frisian Islands, the area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has a rich diversity of more than 10,000 aquatic and terrestrial species.
This included more than 140 species of fish of which some 20 spent their entire life in tidal areas along the islands' famous mud flats. The area also has a large seal and porpoise population.
Should the Fremantle Highway sink, ‘it would be a disaster of the highest order,’ the tabloid De Telegraaf said.
The tragedy is still unfolding, so the cause of the fire either isn’t known or hasn’t been made public, but per BBC:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The coastguard said the cause of the fire was unknown, but had earlier suggested it might have been an electric car.
A high-voltage battery is made up of many cells packed tightly together inside a watertight, fire-resistant box. When a single cell fails, it is essentially a small explosive that produces a tremendous amount of gas and heat (1,200 degrees F) in tenths of a second. The failure is an exothermic chemical reaction that does not require oxygen from the atmosphere to sustain itself. The heat released from each individual cell is transferred to the neighboring cells, which causes them to fail as well.
Will the “Actual” source ever be known? Not if she sinks.
Not just EV’s, this happens to ICE vehicles too.
“so the cause of the fire either isn’t known or hasn’t been made public“
They know damn well it was the EV but it hurts the cause so spike it
As far as an EV causing this, much like covid shots causing blood clots.......I’ll believe it was ‘till its proven it wasn’t.
ICE vehicles are not transported fully fueled which would present a danger comparable to batteries, nor are they as difficult to extinguish.
Shallow water, they'll know.
When we were in Charleston SC last year we saw the parking garages had signs that said EV’s were not allowed. I think we know why.
It would be caused by a HOLE in the side of the ship.
I doubt that the whole thing burning would make it sink.
ONLY?
Out of how many total?
Few years ago, the huge Bush fire in AZ was caused by EV catching fire along the state road 87.
And, during and after WWII, there were hundreds of ships lost in these same shallow waters. Pure enviro-propaganda-hysteria.
And, during and after WWII, there were hundreds of ships lost in these same shallow waters. Pure enviro-propaganda-hysteria.
If I recall 25 EVs out of 3000 total cars.
Is the ship indeed in danger of foundering?
So this fire is really caused by climate change.
If I recall 25 EVs out of 3000 total cars.
Are they parked close together or spread out all over the ship ?
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