• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    3 years ago

    What the actual fuck⁈ “Batteries can catch on fire.” Sure, whatever could go wrong with a 1000l tank of FUCKING GASOLINE.

    AAAaaaaHHhh I hate people!

    • mriguy@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      Going with the “batteries catch on fire argument” is stupid. “Batteries are heavy and expensive” is probably more compelling. But yeah, wires are better solution for things going in fixed routes.

      • Batpool23@lemmy.world
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        3 years ago

        Yup batteries are not the way. By the time the batteries need to be replaced you might have helped slightly but probably not. Batteries is a illusion to going green right now. Just another product that has a demand and an easy market for it.

        • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caBanned from community
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          3 years ago

          I think we’re all aware of the costs associated with recycling batteries.

          Are you aware of the costs associated with high CO2 levels?

          Have to choose the lesser of two evils.

    • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world
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      3 years ago

      Gasoline and diesel can be extinguished relatively easily. Extinguishing an EV means throwing it into a tub of water for a day or two