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| Thread ID: 150976 | 2022-11-02 20:00:00 | More On E.V. Fires | zqwerty (97) | PC World Chat |
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| 1489218 | 2022-11-09 21:03:00 | Ahh yes, those EV batteries that are so environmentally friendly you can't repair them. Just mine more lithium and get a new battery. We all know mining is really good for the environment. Nobody sees the problem here? The impediment to dealing with individual cells is that they're now all glued together into 'modules'. They can still be recycled, starting by chucking the whole module into the shredder. Just not so do-able on a cell by cell basis. Folks reckon once the modules are past service for a car (reduced range) they can be repurposed for powerwalls - domestic storage for folks with PV systems or for shifting their use of mains power from day rates to night rates (charge the bank off mains at night, consume the energy by day when rates peak) - potentially halving a homes power bill. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1489219 | 2022-11-09 21:10:00 | In light of the above news article I am not sure I would want my home to include a "power wall" made from used EV batteries that had dubious water ingress protection and a tendency to spontaneously combust after water ingress occurs... OK so we shift all the old batteries into power walls. We would then need to mine more Lithium etc for new batteries to replace those which were repurposed and thus not recycled into new EV batteries. The problem is still there. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489220 | 2022-11-09 21:52:00 | Maybe this would solve the problem for home power? www.world-nuclear.org Ken :banana |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1489221 | 2022-11-09 22:19:00 | Nope, nuclear power is not the answer. The materials generated by nuclear reactors, essentially manufactured by them, in the end have to be stored somewhere or shot into the heart of the Sun (risky, because of potential for accident at launch). These materials remain radio-active for 10's of thousands of years or even longer and have not existed on the Earth for millions of years in a form which could risk the lives of biological life-forms. We will be and have created some of the most dangerous substances known to mankind in our own backyard or nest, a really stupid thing to do. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1489222 | 2022-11-10 02:14:00 | www.news.com.au | piroska (17583) | ||
| 1489223 | 2022-11-11 06:46:00 | This is interesting folks :) youtu.be Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1489224 | 2022-11-13 12:18:00 | It all gives civic authorities and OSH more excuses to legislate expensively on things they don't understand. I shudder to think what OSH will do about untrained people sleeping in close proximity to deliberately noisy and actively vibrating alarm clocks without approved PPE ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1489225 | 2022-11-18 04:39:00 | youtu.be Video shows how properly designed EV Batts CANT and dont catch fire. Heaps of smoke , no flames. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1489226 | 2022-11-18 05:27:00 | youtu.be Video shows how properly designed EV Batts CANT and dont catch fire. Heaps of smoke , no flames. So basically, Tesla can't make batteries properly? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1489227 | 2022-11-19 19:16:00 | So basically, Tesla can't make batteries properly? Nah, the fire brigades just can't extinguish them properly. Lucas extinguishers left over from the Boer war probably. ;) |
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