That guy in the bike video was not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. When his bike battery started smoking, he stuck his head into the smoke and fumes and blew on it as if he was blowing out a candle. Alas, it did no good and his brand new $6000 e-bike was soon a flaming pile of rubbish by the side of the road.
For some reason, when I read your post I had a vision of the photo where Al Gore is bending over sticking his face into the barrel of his M-16. Some things never change.