Gas cars a deadlier
Posted on 11/21/2022 6:42:16 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
Some building owners, mainly in New York City, are clamping down on electric bicycles after a recent spate of damaging and deadly battery fires.
Why it matters: E-bikes are surging in popularity, but the benefits they bring — lower emissions, easy transportation — are threatened by the growing toll of injuries and deaths from blazes sparked by their lithium-ion batteries.
E-bike advocates link the problems to batteries that are poorly made, refurbished or improperly charged. New York has seen "an exponential increase" in battery fires this year, Daniel Flynn, chief fire marshal at the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), said at a recent news conference.
Driving the news: A terrifying fire in an apartment building on Manhattan's East 52nd Street this month sent 43 people to the hospital and forced firefighters to rescue a woman dangling from a 20th-floor window. The cause: An e-bike residents left charging by their front door overnight.
In response, at least one large NYC landlord — Glenwood Management, which runs 26 luxury high-rises — told tenants to permanently remove any e-bikes. "Our leases are also being amended to state that residents and/or their guests are prohibited from having an e-bike in their apartment," Glenwood's notice to tenants said. "Additionally, we will not store or maintain them anywhere else on the premises."
E-bikes and e-scooters are already banned from FDNY buildings. Other cities have their own rules — in London, for instance, they're barred from buses, subways and the Palace of Westminster, where Parliament meets.
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Gas cars a deadlier
Forget just the landlord and the insurance company. If the fire department is aware of propane tanks on balconies, the fire chief will order the building evacuated and revoke the Certificate of Occupancy if they're not removed.
We All Die
“Those gas grills for apartment balconies are outright illegal in many jurisdictions.”
And legal in other areas
You’re freaking out.
I said nothing about lithium battery dangers. I merely pointed out that upholding their safety record via a comparison to natural gas fires is a logical fallacy.
“I said nothing about lithium battery dangers.”
Your post ...
“Whatever the extent of destruction of lithium batteries, comparing it to natural gas explosions is meaningless.”
CO2 emitted?
Zero Tolerance. Stop every CO2 emitter from emitteing.
Thankfully, cows don’t ride bikes.
Hybrids have Lithium..
Correct
Mr. EVERREADY?
“Hybrids have Lithium..”
Cellphones have lithium
Laptops have lithium
Ryobi
Thanks!
You have It
I have It
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Let’s call the Whole thing off.
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You’ve Obviously been brainwashed into
This Whole Green Erf Hoaxism and
It’s dangerous for Freedom.
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Try the Lithium and tip
The Waiters!
You should apply for the White House Press Secretary job—jamming earrings on the electric vehicle pig.
“You’ve Obviously been brainwashed into
This Whole Green Erf Hoaxism”
Why do you lie, Saul?
“You should apply for the White House Press Secretary job—jamming earrings on the electric vehicle pig.
I see you are using leftist tactics when facts don’t match your views ...
He should probably join a motorcycle club with his electric bike. He’d be a hit with them =o)
Maybe upgrade to a propane powered Harley to up his street creds!
Having had the sublime pleasure of riding around Kauai a few years ago on a HD 1200 sportster (my '81 Yamaha 850 was back home in NY), I don't think I could ever go for an electric motorcycle. Even if it came with a rumbling "sound system" it still wouldn't have the vibrational effects of a V-Twin.
Propane, LOL...
I am 76. My wife insisted I give up my motorcycle. She did pick out my 750 hp beast! (stock photo)
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