No form of energy is w/o hazard...... good discussion and examples in this thread.
As I've said @ work (and old guy memory... maybe on here already....) "Ever see a diesel explosion ? .... It's not exactly easy to get it to explode INSIDE an engine.....". That super-stablity/low risk of diesel is conveniently being ignored today (I refer to broad-society, not taking a poke at anybody on here....).
I'm not unaware of diesel fuel downsides (see first sentence, this post.....). The issue I'm preparing for, is the Powers That Be, who are in a rush to virtue-signal about Electric Vehicles either reside at the extreme other end of the building from where I suspect the Inside-The-Building EV Charging will take place, or are totally off-site.
In other words.... "They" won't be the ones choking on toxic fumes if/when a massive Lithium pack suddenly goes up.... I and my co-workers will though.
I'm in my data-collection mode @ the moment..... I've often been surprised and impressed by who hangs-out on TBN, and value the experience, knowledge, and perspective they share...... hence, my post on this emerging and significant topic.
I've reached out to a retired professional fire-fighter I know locally, and hope to have some information flowing to me from that channel...... One of his initial comments re. EV Lithium fires...... "Standards are still being written". That said, the threat still stands.
If I can build a solid enough technical case, I will be pushing very hard for firefighter-level respirators to be supplied and maintained at work, for the peasants like me that work @ the dungeon-end of the building.....
Rgds, D.
As I've said @ work (and old guy memory... maybe on here already....) "Ever see a diesel explosion ? .... It's not exactly easy to get it to explode INSIDE an engine.....". That super-stablity/low risk of diesel is conveniently being ignored today (I refer to broad-society, not taking a poke at anybody on here....).
I'm not unaware of diesel fuel downsides (see first sentence, this post.....). The issue I'm preparing for, is the Powers That Be, who are in a rush to virtue-signal about Electric Vehicles either reside at the extreme other end of the building from where I suspect the Inside-The-Building EV Charging will take place, or are totally off-site.
In other words.... "They" won't be the ones choking on toxic fumes if/when a massive Lithium pack suddenly goes up.... I and my co-workers will though.
I'm in my data-collection mode @ the moment..... I've often been surprised and impressed by who hangs-out on TBN, and value the experience, knowledge, and perspective they share...... hence, my post on this emerging and significant topic.
I've reached out to a retired professional fire-fighter I know locally, and hope to have some information flowing to me from that channel...... One of his initial comments re. EV Lithium fires...... "Standards are still being written". That said, the threat still stands.
If I can build a solid enough technical case, I will be pushing very hard for firefighter-level respirators to be supplied and maintained at work, for the peasants like me that work @ the dungeon-end of the building.....
Rgds, D.