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Tesla Megapack battery fire spurs shelter-in-place warning in California
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| 9/20/2022
| Umar Shakir
Posted on 09/20/2022 3:02:18 PM PDT by Vendome
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:02:18 PM PDT
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Vendome
To: Vendome
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:03:39 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Vendome
That’s the problem with it. It ain’t got any gas in it!
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:09:41 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
To: Vendome
article conveniently leaves out the fact that this is “storage” facility that attempts to “store” “green” electricity ...
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:11:00 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
To: Vendome
What our “betters” want for us!
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:11:05 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Vendome
This fire is an excellent example that the laws of physics are harsh and unforgiving. Green lunatics don’t comprehend nature’s realities. If they remain in power everyone suffers.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:14:01 PM PDT
by
allendale
To: Vendome
Tesla is constantly inventing new innovative stuff all the time (just like its cousin, SpaceX). So I'm super-shocked that everything Tesla/SpaceX invents doesn't always perfectly work 100% of the time. In contrast, nothing has ever gone wrong with any gas-powered car in the auto industry's entire history - pure perfection.
Physics, chemistry, design, and engineering are so easy.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:14:19 PM PDT
by
gw-ington
(My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
To: BradyLS
The thought that rich lefties will have these things in their garages warms my heart.
;-)
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:17:33 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: Vendome
For future reference
Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:19:56 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
“Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.”
Depends on the circumstances...
To: gw-ington
Dealing with “energy” is inherently dangerous.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:24:48 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
( Gator in Florida)
To: Secret Agent Man
I think we’re going to see you are right.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:25:29 PM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: gw-ington
To: cgbg
I get irritated with myself when I leave a 24 or 40 v battery in the charger overnight.
I wonder how the insurance actuaries will rate homes with these solar powered battery storage systems.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:26:10 PM PDT
by
citizen
(Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
To: Secret Agent Man
This business will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
To: Secret Agent Man
“Lithium battery packs and bullets don’t play well together.”
Better than gas tanks!
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:27:11 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
( Gator in Florida)
To: catnipman
The technology, while it looked great on paper, still has not arrived. Battery storage of electrical energy is still a very tricky proposition, and might never be perfected to the point of complete reliability, but then, what is?
The biggest problem is the control of the fire resulting from an amperage spike, from too great of either energy discharge or induction. Normal methods of fire suppression do not work, not even oxygen deprivation, as the energy continues to flow uncontrollably, re-igniting the blaze as the out-of-control chemical reactions, and the side reactions generate as much heat as an open blaze, if not more.
An oxygen-fed fire is almost comforting by comparison. These types of fire are more like a plasma arc, as found in an arc welder, and the heat is as intense as the surface of the sun.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:30:19 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(A born skeptic is now living in a target-rich environment. SO many beliefs to challenge...)
To: gw-ington
+1 Sir!
Teddy Roosevelt said something about the man in the arena that fits your post perfectly.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:31:24 PM PDT
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
To: TexasGator
Actually a bullet will go thru a gas tank with no consequences other than a leak.
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:35:59 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
To: 6ppc
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posted on
09/20/2022 3:36:46 PM PDT
by
citizen
(Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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