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OC375

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7. Frequency vs Severity

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:45 PM

Sep 9

Always a tough call. Nuke plants don’t usually blow either. Chemical plants don’t generally release cyanide. Anyway, I’m not defending coal, and there are plenty of ways to make a megawatt. I just think widespread massive lithium storage is a stupid, shortsighted, “I knew I could, but didn’t consider if I should” solution. Actually, I wouldn’t want the medium-scale neighborhood UPS in my backyard either.

Coal occurs naturally. It isn’t designed, it just burns. But, you knew that.

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Supermassive Battery Fires You Can't Put Out OC375 Sep 9 #1

Well it's a fuckload better than coal Blues Heron Sep 9 #3

Wind and Solar Are, Lithium Batteries Are Not OC375 Sep 9 #4

Even with an accidental fires it's better than coal because most of the facilities - wait for it- don't catch fire Blues Heron Sep 9 #5

There's a coal fire that's been burning under Centralia, PA since 1962... haele Sep 9 #6

Frequency vs Severity OC375 Sep 9 #7

Here's the problem. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 9 #2

Anyone pointed out to him canetoad Sep 9 #8

There'd be no problem RandomNumbers Sep 13 #9