Replies to post #74742 on Tesla Inc (TSLA)

[boston745]

Firefighters warn a Tesla fire is 'one of our worst nightmares'

On last week’s incident, [the] driver... noticed smoke billowing from the undercarriage of the vehicle. Thankfully, she was able to pull off the side of the road and exit the vehicle safely, but that fire just continued to grow and ended up actually burning through the hood," he said. 

"These fires burn very hot and it is dangerous because there are different chemicals that are being produced," Wilbourn also told the station. "On a standard internal combustion engine, I can generally put that fire out if that vehicle is fully involved with my 700-gallon water tank on any fire engine that we have, not so much for our EV vehicles. We've had three that have burned in Metro Fire’s jurisdiction, and all of them have taken thousands of gallons of water to extinguish." 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/firefighters-tesla-electric-vehicle-fires-worst-nightmares.amp

[crudeoil24]

A battery in an electric car (let's say an average Tesla) is made of 25 lbs. of lithium, 60 lbs. of nickel, 44 lbs. of manganese, 30 lbs. of cobalt, 200 lbs. of copper, & 400 lbs. of aluminum, steel & plastic, etc..... averaging about 750-to-1,000 lbs. of minerals that had to be mined & processed into the battery that merely stores electricity.... Electricity which is generated by
oil, gas, coal, nuclear or water (& a tiny fraction of wind & solar).

That is the truth, about the lie, of "green" energy. There’s nothing green about the "green new deal".


IF WE ARE TO GUARD AGAINST IGNORANCE & REMAIN FREE,
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY AMERICAN -
TO BE INFORMED.

~~~ THOMAS JEFFERSON