Comment Re:States will choose predictable sides (Score 1) 17
Seems to me the highest GDP-per-capita states are all pretty pro-union, with perhaps the exception of North Dakota- but that's an oil boom economy. It won't last.
It was more a point about the absurdity of the claim about batteries and fires. EVs catch fire less than fossils do, not least because they produce a lot less heat in normal operation. All the hand wringing about batteries and stored energy, are pretty much the same as the ones about fossil cars when they were new. Horses rarely catch fire.
There is a notable problem with battery installations in hurricane areas right now.
Every hurricane results in a bunch of EV, Powerwall, and their subsequent house fires. This is just fact.
In these instances, there is a 0% chance a fossil source is going to destroy your home.
Does that mean "batteries are bad!!!!"? Of course not.
But it is a real problem that needs real consideration.
And yes- anyone who tries to make an argument that batteries are inherent dangerous because of their stored energy is an idiot.
They're inherently dangerous when exposed to highly conductive fluids like salt water, because it causes a rapid discharge of their stored energy, like fire does for a flammable fluid.
It's not contentious to say that you don't want a tank of gasoline around fire, so why is it contentious to say that you don't want a bunch of batteries in an area that may be inundated in salt water?
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